Agricultural Insurance v. Fritz
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On error to the Camden County Circuit Court. Rachel Fritz, as the executrix of the will of George Fritz, deceased, declared against the Agricultural Insurance Company of Watertown, New York, upon a contract of insurance, alleging that the insurance company, in consideration of $12, paid to it by George Fritz, undertook to indemnify George Fritz against loss by fire to the extent of $700 upon his dwelling-house in Gloucester county, in this state, and $300 upon his household…
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On error to the Camden County Circuit Court. Rachel Fritz, as the executrix of the will of George Fritz, deceased, declared against the Agricultural Insurance Company of Watertown, New York, upon a contract of insurance, alleging that the insurance company, in consideration of $12, paid to it by George Fritz, undertook to indemnify George Fritz against loss by fire to the extent of $700 upon his dwelling-house in Gloucester county, in this state, and $300 upon his household furniture and $200 upon his piano, in that dwelling, for the term of three years from the 1st of January, 1892, and that…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The Chancellor.
The only testimony offered to establish the contract sued upon was given by Rachel Fritz. Stated in narrative form, it is this :
“ Mr. Chambers came around again on the 26th of January and I told him that he would have it insured for $1,000. He said that I ought to have it insured for $1,500, and I told him I had not any more money but $8. Then lie told me I could go down to Vineland and pay the other $4.”
She states that this conversation took place on Saturday; that she paid Chambers the $8, and on the following Wednesday took $4 to…
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- De Grove v. . Metropolitan Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Bush v. . Westchester Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Smith v. State Ins.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1884
- American Saw Co. of New York v. First National BankSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1897
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