Andrews v. Dirigo Mutual Fire Insurance
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion by the defendant. Motion overruled. The policy in this case, upon which this action was brought, was dated February 11, 1911; the fire occurred May 2, 1913, and proof of loss was mailed August 5, 1913. The plea was the general issue, with brief statement. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff of $1234.24. The defendant filed a general motion for a new trial. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHanson, J.
This is an action on a fire insurance policy, dated February 11,1911. The fire occurred May 2, 1913,. and proof of loss was filed August 5, 1913. The jury returned a verdict for the *259plaintiff in the sum of $1234.24. The case is before the court on a general motion for a new trial. The material facts in the case .are substantially these:
The fire was caused by smoking a large ham and a shoulder in a shed about twenty feet square. The ham and shoulder were suspended by a tarred string from an iron rod running across the bottom of a wooden barrel, which was inverted over a similar barrel, the…
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