Chichester v. the New Hampshire Fire Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action on a policy of insurance, tried to the jury (Curtis, J.) in the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County. After the plaintiff had introduced all his evidence and rested his case, the defendant moved for judgment as in case of nonsuit, which motion was granted, on the ground that the policy required immediate notice of the loss to be given to the insurer, amd that as the evidence disclosed a delay of twenty-four days in giving it, it was not immediate.
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Action on a policy of insurance, tried to the jury (Curtis, J.) in the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County. After the plaintiff had introduced all his evidence and rested his case, the defendant moved for judgment as in case of nonsuit, which motion was granted, on the ground that the policy required immediate notice of the loss to be given to the insurer, amd that as the evidence disclosed a delay of twenty-four days in giving it, it was not immediate. No motion was filed to set this judgment aside, but the plaintiff appealed from the judgment and on his motion, against the protest of…
1Per curiam
General Statutes, § 1129, provided that upon the trial of all matters of fact in any action, in certain courts of which the Court of-Common Pleas was one, if either party should think himself aggrieved by the decision of the court upon any question of law arising in the trial, he might appeal from the judgment in the cause and remove such question for revision to this court. General Statutes, § 1110, provides that should the plaintiff, in any action in either of those courts, after he has rested his case, be nonsuited by order of the court, because it was of opinion that he had failed to make…
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