Insurance Co. v. Stinson
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
This was' an action on a policy of insurance against loss or damage by fire. Stinson, the plaintiff belo.w, had a contract ,to build a hotel to be called the Webster House, at Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, for the sum of $25,000, and had nearly completed it; but, failing to get his payments from the owner, he stopped work and took the necessary steps for securing a mechanic’s lien on the building. For this purpose he filed the required statementvwith the town clerk, and commenced an action to. enforce his lien within the period prescribed by law. Whilst that aétion was pending,…
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