Reed v. Windsor Co. Mutual Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Vermont
Heard on special demurrer to the defendant’s special pleas in bar, May Term, 1880, Barrett, J., presiding. Pleas held sufficient.
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Heard on special demurrer to the defendant’s special pleas in bar, May Term, 1880, Barrett, J., presiding. Pleas held sufficient. The pleas an d demurrer are substantially stated in the opinion ; but as the plaintiff complained of the manner of alleging the facts, the second plea is printed as follows: Because it says that said contract of insurance was made subject to the provisions of the act incorporating the defendant company, which act was made a part of said contract of insurance and by virtue of section ten of said act, which was attached to said policy it was and is provided as…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Royce, J.
On the 18th day of June, 1875, the defendant company issued a policy of insurance to one Robert A. Reed, insur*416ing the property described in the declaration for the period of six years from the date of said policy. On the 27th day of April, 1877, said policy was assigned by Robert A. Reed to the plaintiff; and on the 27th day of June, 1877, said assignment was approved and the policy confirmed unto the plaintiff by the defendant company. The property so insured was afterwards burned, and this suit was brought to recover for the value of the…
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- Shearman v. . the Niagara Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
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- Lycoming Fire Insurance v. Medad Wright & SonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1883