Johnson v. Union Marine & Fire Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract upon a policy of insurance against loss by fire, issued by the defendant to the plaintiffs as copartners under the firm name of Johnson & Lee, for one year from September 7, 1875, as follows: “ $900 on three billiard tables, balls and cues; $500 on bar and saloon fixtures, furniture and pictures; $100 on stock in trade, chiefly liquors and cigars, including glass and other wares contained in frame building known as the Franklin Billiard Hall, in Quincy, Mass.”
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Contract upon a policy of insurance against loss by fire, issued by the defendant to the plaintiffs as copartners under the firm name of Johnson & Lee, for one year from September 7, 1875, as follows: “ $900 on three billiard tables, balls and cues; $500 on bar and saloon fixtures, furniture and pictures; $100 on stock in trade, chiefly liquors and cigars, including glass and other wares contained in frame building known as the Franklin Billiard Hall, in Quincy, Mass.” At the trial in the Superior Court, before Dewey, J., it was admitted that, on October 13, 1875, the property insured was…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.
It being admitted that, when the defendant made this policy to the plaintiffs, the billiard tables, balls and cues were kept by the plaintiffs, without license, for the purpose of playing at billiards for hire, gain or reward, in violation of the Gen. Sts. c. 88, § 70; that the intoxicating liquors were owned and kept for sale by both plaintiffs, although only one of them had a license under the St. of 1875, c. 99; and that the fixtures, furniture and pictures were used by the plaintiffs by way of furnishing and adorning the room occupied by them as a billiard saloon and as a bar-room; the…
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