Sinclair v. Home Indemnity Company

On appeal. This is an equity action seeking reformation of an insurance policy. The action was commenced by a bill in equity previous to the promulgation of the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure. The trial of the cause was had after the effective date of the new rules and all proceedings thereafter were conducted thereunder.

The matter was presented to and determined by a single justice without the intervention of a jury. He ordered that plaintiff’s action be dismissed with costs and that judgment be entered for the defendant. The cause is before this court on an appeal from the final judgment.

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