Palmer v. Hartford Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit for the reformation of a policy of fire insurance and for the recovery of the amount due on the policy when reformed; brought to the Superior Court in New London County.
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Suit for the reformation of a policy of fire insurance and for the recovery of the amount due on the policy when reformed; brought to the Superior Court in New London County. The complaint alleged that prior to the 15th of May, 1884, the plaintiffs had insured certain goods in the office of the defendant, a fire insurance company in the city of Hartford, to the amount of $5,000, for one year, for a premium of $50, and that the policy was to expire" on the 15th of May above mentioned; that the defendant proposed to the plaintiffs to renew the insurance on the same terms and conditions stated…
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
The complaint in this case is in effect as follows: Prior to May 15tli, 1884, the defendant had issued to the plaintiffs a policy of insurance against loss by fire upon merchandise ; on that day it expired ; on that day the *498defendant proposed to them to renew the insurance upon the terms and conditions of the expiring policy, the plaintiffs accepted the proposition; the defendant wrote a policy, delivered it to, and received the premium from the plaintiffs ; they, relying upon the fidelity of the defendant to its promise, and supposing the last Avritten policy to contain the same stipulations…
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