Hillock v. Traders Insurance

This is an action upon a policy of insurance against loss by fire, bearing date July 24, 1882, and covering the building known as the St. James Hotel in the village of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, which was destroyed by fire August 29, 1882. The amount of insurance was one thousand dollars.. The plaintiff recovered judgment in the circuit court.

The grounds of defense on the merits are principally the-following:

1. That neither Hillock, the plaintiff, as trustee, nor Brown & Leaton, as beneficiaries, had such title or interest. *533in tbe property as was represented when they applied for tbe insurance.

2.…