Wyandotte Brewing Co. v. Hartford Fire-Insurance
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Hosmer, J. Assumpsit by the Wyandotte Brewing Company against the Hartford Fire-Insurance Company on a policy of insurance. There was judgment for plaintiff on a verdict directed by the court, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAlvay, J.
Suit was brought by plaintiff upon a fire-insurance policy of the Michigan standard form for the sum of $600, issued by defendant to plaintiff November 29, 1902, for one year, and covered the ice houses of plaintiff on Detroit river in Wyandotte, Mich. The application for insurance was verbal. The lots upon which the buildings stood were not owned by plaintiff, but were occupied by it as lessee. The land belonged to the Marx estate when the policy was issued and was subsequently *441partitioned. Nothing was said by either party at the time the policy issued relative to the title or interest of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Gristock v. Royal InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
- Wierengo v. American Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1894
- Phenix Insurance v. SearlesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Hoose v. Prescott InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
- Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. v. Northern Assurance Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1905
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- French v. Patriotic Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1941
- Franklin Fire Ins. Co. v. LindleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
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