Bradbury v. Rhode Island Insurance
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion for a new trial by defendant. This is an action on the case to recover for loss by fire in a building in Rockland on December 30, 1917, damaging a stock of merchandise, consisting of boots, shoes, and rubbers, and fixtures.
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On motion for a new trial by defendant. This is an action on the case to recover for loss by fire in a building in Rockland on December 30, 1917, damaging a stock of merchandise, consisting of boots, shoes, and rubbers, and fixtures. Before this action was brought an arbitration was held under the provisions of the standard form of policies which resulted in fixing the amount of the plaintiff’s total loss of $2952.50. The defendant filed a plea of the general issue, and a brief statement alleging as special matters of defense; that the fire was set by the plaintiff or through his procurement;…
1Opinion of the CourtPhilbrook, J.
This is an action on the case to recover for a fire loss. The property destroyed consisted of a stock of goods, fixtures, repair machinery and tools, and such other personal property as would ordinarily be contained in a retail boot and shoe store. Upon this property the defendant had issued two insurance policies, one for $300.00,, dated Oct. 9, 1917, the other for $1000.00, dated Dec. 21, 1917, both of which were in force at the date of the fire. Policies *3issued by other companies, in force at the time of the fire, with dates of issue, and amounts, are as follows:
Firemen’s Insurance…
2Cited by1 opinion
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