Grant v. Eliot & Kittery Mutual Fire Insurance
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance, covering two thousand dollars, on certain farm buildings of the plaintiff, which were destroyed by fire. The writ was dated March 8, 1880. The.opinion states the facts.
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On report. Assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance, covering two thousand dollars, on certain farm buildings of the plaintiff, which were destroyed by fire. The writ was dated March 8, 1880. The.opinion states the facts. The following is section six of the charter of the defendant company, which receives a construction in the opinion: " Section 6. Whenever said company shall make insurance on any building, such building, the land under the same, and appurtenances thereof, shall be holden as security for such deposit money and assessments, as the person thus insured shall be liable to pay, and…
1Opinion of the CourtBarrows, J.
The defendants issued a policy of insurance, dated February 23, 1874, for the term of six years, to Hiram E. Eoberts, of Eollinsford, New Hampshire, who was then the owner of the premises insured, which were situated in Berwick, in this county. Eoberts died in 1876. He lefta will which was duly probated in New Hampshire, and since the commencement of this suit has been admitted to probate in this county also. In that will he made his wife, Euth Eoberts, sole executrix, and by the first and second items gave large legacies to his children, and grandchildren; by the third, like legacies to his…
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