Knowlton v. Patrons Androscoggin Fire Insurance
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Assumpsit upon a policy of fire insurance in the standard form, issued by the defendant company upon the buildings of the plaintiff, situated in Montville.
Read the full summary
On report. Assumpsit upon a policy of fire insurance in the standard form, issued by the defendant company upon the buildings of the plaintiff, situated in Montville. Plea, the general issue with the following brief statement: “That the buildings insured by the policy declared upon in the plaintiff’s writ had become vacant by the removal of the occupant, and had so remained vacant for more than ten days prior to their destruction by fire, without the consent in writing of the company certified on the back of the policy by the president and secretary or by two of the directors, whereby said…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.
This is an action upon a policy of fire insurance in the standard form, dated March 26, 1902, issued by the defendant company upon the buildings of the plaintiff, situated in Montville, as follows: on dwelling house and L $200; on barn, $125; on wood-shed, $25; on hen-shed, $25; on silo, $25, $400.
*484All the buildings except the silo which had not then been constructed but the lumber for which was then on the premises, were totally destroyed by fire on the night of Sunday, the nineteenth ■ of April, 1903, between ten and eleven o’clock.
Attached .to the policy was a “rider” or additional paper…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Herrman v. . Adriatic Fire Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Ashworth v. Builders' Mutual Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Corrigan v. Connecticut Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
3Cited by6 opinions
- Markmann v. H. A. Bruntjen Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1957
- Liverpool & London Globe Ins. Co. v. BakerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
- Hukle v. Great American InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
- Jelin v. Home Ins.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1934
- Kinneer v. Southwestern Mutual Fire Ass'nSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.