Legal Opinion

Zimmermann v. Dwelling-House Insurance

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 28, 1896PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Error to Saginaw; McKnight, J. Assumpsit by Frederick C. Zimmermann against the Dwelling-House Insurance Company upon a fire policy. From a judgment for defendant on verdict directed by the court, plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.

The plaintiff was a local agent of the defendant at Saginaw, and had been for several years prior to the date of the policy sued upon in this case; and, at the time the policy was issued, there was another local agent representing the defendant in the city. On May 15, 1893, plaintiff wrote a policy in the defendant company, insuring himself in the sum of $1,500 on his household goods, $2-50 on his barn, $100 on his horse, and $150 *400on Inis vehicles, robes, feed, etc. Without notifying the company of this risk, he retained the policy, and the daily report, which is usually sent to the company,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Michigan Pipe Co. v. Michigan Fire & Marine InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Green v. KnochMichigan Supreme Court · 1892

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Arispe Mercantile Co. v. Capital InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
  2. Rogers v. RameyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923
  3. Harland v. Liverpool & London & Globe InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1915
  4. Home Insurance Co. v. Southern Motor Coach Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
  5. Rockford Insurance v. WinfieldSupreme Court of Kansas · 1897

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