Peoria Marine & Fire Insurance v. Anapow
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This was an action of covenant brought in the court below by the appellee, Maria Anapow, for the use of Albert Michelson, against the appellant, the Peoria Marine & Eire Insurance company, upon a policy of insurance, for $3,000, on a stock of tobacco, which had been destroyed by fire.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This was an action of covenant brought in the court below by the appellee, Maria Anapow, for the use of Albert Michelson, against the appellant, the Peoria Marine & Eire Insurance company, upon a policy of insurance, for $3,000, on a stock of tobacco, which had been destroyed by fire. The case was tried before a jury, who found a verdict for the plaintiff for $3,090. A motion for a new trial was made, which the court overruled, and rendered judgment upon the verdict, to reverse which, the case is…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
On the 17th of October, 1865, Maria Anapow procured from the Peoria Marine and Fire Insurance company a policy for $3,000, on a stock of tobacco and cigars, at that time on storage in the tobacco shop of Albert Michelson, in the city of Chicago. On the 28th of December, 1865, Michelson procured an insurance on his own stock of tobacco, in the same room, for the sum of $4,000, from the Illinois Mutual Fire Insurance company. The tobacco of Mrs. Anapow was piled up in bales and boxes in a different part of the room from that where Michelson kept his stock in trade. On the 4th of January, 1866,…
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