Bullman v. North British & Mercantile Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Six actions OF contract upon policies of insurance against loss by fire on certain property in Amherst. The plaintiff in the first three actions was the wife of the plaintiff in the other actions.
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Six actions OF contract upon policies of insurance against loss by fire on certain property in Amherst. The plaintiff in the first three actions was the wife of the plaintiff in the other actions. The first three actions were brought to recover the several amounts insured upon buildings and fixtures named in the respective policies, and which were totally destroyed by fire on September 11, 1891. The last three actions were brought for the loss 'of personal property contained in the buildings. The cases were tried together in the Superior Court, before Aldrich, J., who, after a verdict for the…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
1. The amended answers impute fraud or bad faith to the plaintiffs in several particulars, and among them in *120this, that the plaintiffs in their proofs of loss did not set forth the purposes for which and the persons by whom the building insured was used, and concealed the fact that it was used as a hotel and summer resort. The defendants at the close of the plaintiffs’ evidence called several witnesses in support of this ground of defence, and also introduced evidence tending to show that for boarding-houses having more than ten boarders a higher rate of premium would be charged than for…
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