Michigan Shingle Co. v. State Investment & Insurance

This case was brought to recover upon an insurance policy, by which the defendant had insured the plaintiff upon certain lumber, lath, and shingles, owned by it, or held in trust or on commission, or sold but not delivered, piled on its mill docks Nos. 3, 4, and 5, at Muskegon, Mich. Among other things, the policy contained a clause as follows:

“Warranted by the assured that a continuous clear place of 150 feet shall hereafter be maintained between the property hereby insured and any wood-working or manufacturing establishment, and that said space shall not be used for handling or piling of…