Home Insurance Co. of New York v. Heck
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry Booth, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an action of assumpsit, in the Cook circuit court, on a policy of insurance written by the Home Insurance Company of New York, on the 3d day of October, 1871, on a quantity of cord wood, cut, corded and piled by the plaintiff on the line of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis railroad, in the State of Indiana.
The defense was, that the insurance company had notified the assured of a cancellation of the policy, as authorized by the terms of the policy.
The cause was tried by a jury, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. A motion for a new trial having been overruled, there…
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- Bowling v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
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