Eames v. Home Insurance
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United-States for the Southern District of Illinois. The facts are' stated in the opinion of the court. .
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
This is a bill in equity filed in the court below by Eames and Cooley, the appellants, against the Home Insurance Company of New York; the appellees, to require said company to issue to the complainants a policy of insurance against loss or damage by fire, in pursuance of a contract for that purpose alleged to have been made with their agents in Illinois, and for such other and further relief as shall be just and equitable. The court below, upon hearing, dismissed the bill.
The contract referred to is alleged to have been made by means of certain parol communications and written…
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- Insurance Co. v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Tayloe v. Merchants' Fire Ins. Co. of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
- Insurance Co. v. ColtSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
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