Woodbury Savings Bank & Building Ass'n v. Charter Oak Fire & Marine Insurance
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit on a policy of insurance. The material part of the policy was as follows:— “ Charter Oak Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Hartford, Conn., $3,000. By this policy of insurance the Charter Oak Fire and Marine Insurance Company, in consideration of sixty dollars, to them in hand paid by the assured hereinafter named, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do insure Smith, Beecher & Beers, of Naugatuck, Conn., against loss or damage by fire, to the amount of…
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Assumpsit on a policy of insurance. The material part of the policy was as follows:— “ Charter Oak Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Hartford, Conn., $3,000. By this policy of insurance the Charter Oak Fire and Marine Insurance Company, in consideration of sixty dollars, to them in hand paid by the assured hereinafter named, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do insure Smith, Beecher & Beers, of Naugatuck, Conn., against loss or damage by fire, to the amount of three thousand dollars; viz: $1,000 on their 2\ story frame building with one story addition, known as a carriage and wheel…
1Opinion of the CourtSanford, J.
In this case the plaintiffs claim to recover upon the policy of insurance recited in their declaration. The instrument is in the usual form. It is on its face a written contract between the defendants and “ Smith, Beecher & Beers, of Naugatuck, Connecticut,” in which the defendants acknowledge the receipt of the stipulated premium from the “ assured hereinafter named,” and by which the defendants insure the said Smith, Beecher & Beers, against loss or damage by fire, to the amount of $3,000, on their two and a half story frame building, &c., situated in said Naugatuck. The plaintiffs held a…
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