Bouchard v. Dirigo Mutual Fire Insurance
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion for new trial by defendant. This is an action on a fire insurance policy issued on plaintiff’s buildings and personal property. The property was destroyed by fire on the 28th day of November, 1912. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $1534.63, and the defendant filed a general motion for a new trial. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHanson, J.
This is an action on a fire insurance policy issued August 22, 1911, on the plaintiff’s buildings and personal property. The property was destroyed by fire on the 28th day of November, 1912. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $1534.63, and the case is before the court on the defendant’s general motion for a new trial.
At the first trial of this case the presiding Justice ordered a non-suit, and the plaintiff excepted. The exceptions were sustained. The issue in the former trial was “whether the fact that the fire was caused by the operation of a gasoline engine by the…
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