Cass v. Lord
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of contract brought by a dealer in automobiles for the loss by fire of nineteen automobiles, the first action being against a firm of insurance brokers, and the second action being against an insurance company upon a policy of insurance. Writs dated August 14, 1917. In the Superior Court the actions were tried together before N. P. Brown, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion.
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Two actions of contract brought by a dealer in automobiles for the loss by fire of nineteen automobiles, the first action being against a firm of insurance brokers, and the second action being against an insurance company upon a policy of insurance. Writs dated August 14, 1917. In the Superior Court the actions were tried together before N. P. Brown, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion. At the close of the evidence, at the request of the defendants, the judge in each case ordered a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The question in the first case is whether there was any evidence which entitles the plaintiff to go to the jury. It is alleged in substance that the defendants verbally agreed to procure and deliver a valid policy of insurance against fire upon automobiles from time to time owned by the plaintiff in his busi*432ness, or to insure such automobiles as the plaintiff might from time to time own and have on hand in connection with his business as an “automobile dealer,” or to procure and deliver to the plaintiff a valid policy of insurance upon automobiles from time to time owned by the plaintiff in…
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