Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance v. Sanders

This was a suit in assumpsit, brought by William Sanders against the Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance Company, to recover for a loss under a policy of insurance against fire, issued by the defendant to the plaintiff. The policy was for §700, and covered the furniture and other goods and chattels of the plaintiff contained in a frame cottage then occupied by him- and his family as their dwelling. The defenses alleged and which the defendant sought to sustain at the trial, were, first, that the fire by which the property insured was destroyed or damaged was intentionally or fraudulently…