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Sibley v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins.

U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois

Decided December 15, 1878PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Action on a policy of insurance [by Charles W. Sibley against St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company].

1Opinion of the CourtBlodgett, District Judge

(charging jury). This is a suit upon a policy of insurance issued by the defendant company, whereby the defendant insured the firm of Sibley & Chester to the extent of 81,000, against loss by fire on a stock of goods in the store occupied by Sibley & Chester, in the Davis Block on Second street, in the city of C, Iowa. [All the questions in regard to title are disposed of by the amendment which has been made, so that I will omit so much of my charge as I have prepared in reference to that subject.] 2

The plaintiff claims, and it is conceded, that a fire occurred in the plaintiff’s store on the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. McMaster v. . Pres., Etc., Ins. Co. of N. Am.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
  2. Dogge v. Northwestern National InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1880
  3. Hartford Live Stock Insurance v. MatthewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
  4. McConnel v. Delaware Mutual Safety InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1856
  5. Moore v. Protection Ins.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1848

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Blackburn v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1895

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