Taylor v. Security Mutual Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $1,500, and interest, upon a fire insurance policy. The case was tried before Dibell, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiffs for the sum demanded. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
START, O. J.
This is an action upon a fire insurance policy, of the standard form, issued by the defendant to the plaintiffs upon their stock of merchandise in a store building in the village of Cass Lake. The policy was to be effective for one year from November 7, 1899. On March 17, 1900, the defendant granted permission for the removal of the insured property to another location in the same village, where it was destroyed by fire on June 28, 1900. The defense to the action is that the risk was materially increased by the erection of adjoining buildings, after the permit was granted, to the…
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- Slosson v. HallSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1871
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