Grace v. American Cent. Ins.

BENEDICT, District Judge.

This case •comes before the court upon a motion for a ■new trial. The action is brought upon a policy of insurance, to recover for the destruction, by fire, of certain lumber belonging to the plaintiffs [William It. Grace and ■others]. A trial was had before the court and a jury, when a verdict was rendered for the defendant [Case No. 5,049.] The plaintiffs now move for a- new trial, upon exceptions to certain rulings of the court made at the trial.

The evidence shows, that the plaintiffs had Instructed one Noyes, an insurance broker in New York,: to procure for • him…