Wood v. Rutland & Addison Mutual Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit upon a policy of fire insurance. The declaration set forth in substance that the plaintiff and one Johnson being-partners in trade, on the 13th of August, 1851, procured from the defendants a policy of insurance against loss or damage by fire to the amount of twenty-five hundred dollars on goods in their store, and five hundred dollars on produce in their store and mill adjoining, for six years from that date, and gave the defendants their premium note for three…
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Assumpsit upon a policy of fire insurance. The declaration set forth in substance that the plaintiff and one Johnson being-partners in trade, on the 13th of August, 1851, procured from the defendants a policy of insurance against loss or damage by fire to the amount of twenty-five hundred dollars on goods in their store, and five hundred dollars on produce in their store and mill adjoining, for six years from that date, and gave the defendants their premium note for three hundred and sixty dollars, and paid them ten dollars and eighty cents,- and agreed and became liable to pay such…
1Opinion of the CourtAldis, J.
Nathan Wood and Austin Johnson were partners under the firm of N. Wood & Co. By their articles of partnership Wood had the right, upon a dissolution of their partnership, to take the goods, pay Johnson for them and carry on the business.
On the 13th of August, 1851, the defendants executed to N. Wood & Co. a policy insuring them for six years, five hundred dollars upon grain, and twenty-five hundred dollars upon goods that might be in their store during that time. The agreement as to Wood’s right upon dissolution to buy the goods and continue the business was not stated in the application, nor…
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