Bowman v. Franklin Fire Insurance
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. This suit was brought by the appellant against the appellee upon a policy of insurance effected upon buildings which had been used as a distillery, and upon the boilers, engines and other machinery fixed and moveable, &c., contained in the buildings. The property was located in the county of Pittsylvania in the State of Virginia.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. This suit was brought by the appellant against the appellee upon a policy of insurance effected upon buildings which had been used as a distillery, and upon the boilers, engines and other machinery fixed and moveable, &c., contained in the buildings. The property was located in the county of Pittsylvania in the State of Virginia. The 19th clause of the policy provides that, “any incumbrance on the property hereby insured, whether existing at the time of issuing this policy or imposed subsequent thereto, must he assented to by this companjr,…
1Opinion of the CourtAuvey, J.
1. In regard to the first question presented on this appeal, we can have no doubt. There would have been no *630reason for the agreement, dispensing with due and formal authentication of the records of the several judgments given in evidence, if the objection now urged could he maintained. It was expressly agreed, that the abstracts of judgments then made and filed with the commissioner, might he offered in evidence, as records of the Court therein styled, with the same effect as if the judgments onid records had been duly authenticated as such, according to the Act of Congress, and the laws of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Associated Firemen's Insurance v. AssumCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1853
- Smith v. M'CampbellIndiana Supreme Court · 1820
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- Phenix Insurance v. PickelIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
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