London & Lancashire Fire Ins. v. Storrs
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Id Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. This action ivas brought in the United States circuit court for the disiriet of Colorado by Alfred Stows, the defendant in error, against the London A Lancashire Fire Insurance Company, the plaintiff in error, to recover the smn of §4,000 on a policy of lire insurance issued by the plaintiff in error to the defendant in error on his dwelling house and barn, which were destroyed. by fire on the…
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Id Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. This action ivas brought in the United States circuit court for the disiriet of Colorado by Alfred Stows, the defendant in error, against the London A Lancashire Fire Insurance Company, the plaintiff in error, to recover the smn of §4,000 on a policy of lire insurance issued by the plaintiff in error to the defendant in error on his dwelling house and barn, which were destroyed. by fire on the 5th day of November, 1893. The complaint alleges that the value of the property insured and burned was more than the…
1Opinion of the Court
CALDWELL, Circuit Judge,
after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.. We agree with the statement in the brief of the learned counsel for the plaintiff in error that, “as to the essential facts, there is substantial harmony among the witnesses, on both sides.” These essential facts are that the house and barn of the defendant in error w.ere insured against loss by fire by the plaintiff in error, the London & Lancashire Fire Insurance Company, and in some other companies also; that the property was burned; that the insured gave immediate notice of the loss to Mr.…
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