Nowell v. Union Mutual Fire Insurance

This is a declaratory judgment brought by S. Carl Nowell (hereinafter the insured) to determine whether the Union Mutual Fire Insurance Co. (hereinafter Union Mutual) or the Amoskeag Insurance Agency (hereinafter Amoskeag) was liable to the insured for fire loss under a homeowner’s policy. The Trial Court (Cann, J.) ordered the policy reformed to cover the correct premises and placed the risk of loss first, as respects the insured, on Union Mutual, and then, as between Amoskeag and Union Mutual, on Amoskeag. Defendants’ exceptions were reserved and transferred. The sole question presented…