Germania Fire Ins. v. Curran
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Lemermorth District Cou/rt. Action upon a policy of insurance, brought by Mary Cur-ran, as administratrix. In April, 1867, John Curran procured his dwelling in Leavenworth to be insured for the sum of $600 by the Germania, Niagara, Hanover, and Republic Ins. Cos., of New York.
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Error from Lemermorth District Cou/rt. Action upon a policy of insurance, brought by Mary Cur-ran, as administratrix. In April, 1867, John Curran procured his dwelling in Leavenworth to be insured for the sum of $600 by the Germania, Niagara, Hanover, and Republic Ins. Cos., of New York. Said insurers in and by their joint policy separately bound themselves as follows: “Each of said companies agrees to make good to the assured, his executors, administrators and assigns, all such immediate loss or damage, not exceeding in amount the sum insured by such company as aforesaid, as shall happen by…
1Opinion of the Court
*16The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kingman, 0. J.:
On the 17th of April, 1867, the plaintiffs in error insured the dwelling of John Curran, in Leavenworth, for one year. On the 28th of June of that year John Curran died. On the 17th of September the building was destroyed by fire. The defendant in error having administered on the estate of Curran, her late husband, brought an action for $150, the amount insured by the plaintiff in error; and for this amount with interest she recovered judgment. To reverse this judgment the plaintiff in error brings the case to this court, alleging…
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