Ledford v. Hartford Fire Insurance
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson county; the Hon. W. W. Duncan, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Higbee
Appellees brought this suit in the Circuit Court of Jackson county, on an insurance policy issued by appellant, covering a stock of dry goods and. groceries, together with store fixtures in Carbondale, Illinois, where appellees were engaged in business as partners, which stock of goods and fixtures had been wholly destroyed by fire, while the policy was in force.
To the declaration appellant filed the general issue, and also four special pleas, alleging as matters of defense that appellees had made a false and fraudulent statement- of their loss to appellant; that certain duplicate invoices of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Knickerbocker Insurance v. GouldIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Peoria Marine & Fire Insurance v. LewisIllinois Supreme Court · 1857
- Alfred Hiller Co. v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
- Dolloff v. Phœnix InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1890
- Hall v. Western Underwriters' Ass'nMissouri Court of Appeals · 1904
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- Sundquist v. Hardware Mutual Fire InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1938
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