Hamilton v. Home Insurance
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE. SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. This was an action, brought June 26, 1886, upon a policy of insurance, numbered 3190, by which the Home Insurance Company of New York insured Robert Hamilton for one year from February 23, 1886, on a stock of tobacco in his warehouse at 413 and 415 Madison Street in Covington in the State of Kentucky, against loss or damage by fire to the amount- of $5000, “ to be paid sixty days after due…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE. SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. This was an action, brought June 26, 1886, upon a policy of insurance, numbered 3190, by which the Home Insurance Company of New York insured Robert Hamilton for one year from February 23, 1886, on a stock of tobacco in his warehouse at 413 and 415 Madison Street in Covington in the State of Kentucky, against loss or damage by fire to the amount- of $5000, “ to be paid sixty days after due notice and .proofs of the same shall have been made by the assured and received at the office of the company in New York.”…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
This case resembles in some aspects that of Hamilton v. Liverpool, London & Globe Ins. Co., 136 U. S. 242, decided at the last term, but it is essentially different in important and controlling elements.
In that case, the effect of the provisions of the policy, by reason of which it was held that the assured, having refused to submit to the appraisal and award provided for, could not maintain his action, was thus stated by the court: “ The conditions of the policy in suit clearly and unequivocally manifest the intention and agreement of the parties to the contract of insurance that any…
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