Glover v. Rochester-German Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Scott, J.

This was an action upon an insurance policy to recover for a loss by fire. A number of other cases are by stipulation made dependent upon this one. The Spokane Mercantile Company was a corporation engaged in business at the city of Spokane in this state, and had taken out insurance policies upon its stock of merchandise in various companies, to the amount of $52,000. On the 9th day of January, 1893, said stock was greatly damaged and partly destroyed by fire. The defendant company had issued one of said policies in the sum of $1,000.

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