Bradley v. Cunningham
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover upon an account; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of Fairfield County. The defendants pleaded a set-off and counter-claim, and the whole question in the case arose thereon. The case was tried to the court before Perry, J'., the facts found, and judgment rendered for the defendants. The plaintiff appealed. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSeymour, J.
The defendants, by way of answer, set-off, and counter-claim to an action brought against them, allege that they were the owners of a hearse, worth three hundred dollars, which was consumed by fire while stored in the plaintiff’s barn, on Fairview Avenue in Danbury; that when burned it was insured to its full value in a responsible company, by the terms of whose policy it was only covered by such insurance while it was contained in the plaintiff’s livery stable on Main street in Danbury; that prior to the procurement of the insurance the hearse had been left and stored at said livery stable…
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