North British & Mercantile Insurance v. Steiger
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon County; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Otcriam.
So far as the defense is based upon the alleged increase of risk, the case is substantially as it was when here on former occasions. 13 Ill. App. 482; 19 Ill. App. 653. See also, in this connection, Ins. Co. v. Striger, 109 Ill. 254.
The second instruction for plaintiff is made the subject of criticism, and while taken alone there may be some want of 'accuracy, yet when it is read in. connection with those given for defendant, we think there is no real ground of complaint.
The increase of risk, as alleged, depends upon and grows out of the change in the dryer. We are not impressed…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- German-American Insurance v. SteigerIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- North British & Mercantile Insurance v. SteigerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1883
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