Stone v. Howard Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Three actions of contract upon three policies of insurance against loss by fire, each in the form prescribed by the Pub. Sts. c. 119, § 139, (St. 1887, c. 214, § 60,) and containing the condition that the policy was to be void if, the premises insured being a manufacturing establishment, such establishment should cease operation for more than thirty days without the written consent of the company indorsed thereon.
Read the full summary
Three actions of contract upon three policies of insurance against loss by fire, each in the form prescribed by the Pub. Sts. c. 119, § 139, (St. 1887, c. 214, § 60,) and containing the condition that the policy was to be void if, the premises insured being a manufacturing establishment, such establishment should cease operation for more than thirty days without the written consent of the company indorsed thereon. The cases were tried together before Dewey, J., who excluded certain evidence, and ordered a verdict in each case for the defendant, and reported the cases for the determination of…
1Opinion of the CourtC. Allen, J.
The plaintiff, at different dates, took out three policies of insurance from three different insurance companies. So far as is made to appear to us, neither policy contained any reference to either of the other policies, and neither company knew of any other insurance except that made by its own policy.
The'first policy insured the plaintiff upon “two-story and basement frame building, occupied by assured as a steam-power boot and shoe factory, situate on east side of Winthrop Street, Holliston.”
*477The second policy was upon “ machines, boilers, engine, shafting, pulleys, belts, and supplies for…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Herrman v. . Adriatic Fire Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Newmarket Savings Bank v. Royal InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
3Cited by12 opinions
- Koshland v. Columbia InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Boston & Maine Railroad v. Town of BillericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Boruszweski v. Middlesex Mutual Assurance Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Harris v. North American InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Aguiar v. Generali Assicurazioni InsuranceMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1999
7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.