Hartford Fire Insurance v. Bourbon County Court
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 16 — Action by Bourbon County Court, against the Hartford Fire Insurance Company to Recover a Policy of Fire Insurance APPEAL FROM BOURBON CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals. The court house of Bourbon county was insured for $50,000 in various companies, and was burned. A large portion of the building remained.
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Case 16 — Action by Bourbon County Court, against the Hartford Fire Insurance Company to Recover a Policy of Fire Insurance APPEAL FROM BOURBON CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals. The court house of Bourbon county was insured for $50,000 in various companies, and was burned. A large portion of the building remained. The entire basement, the walls and floors of the first story, the floors of the second story, and part of its walls, and part of the floor of the third story and part of the walls remained. The county court claimed that the fire had resulted in the total…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court by
JUDGE O’REAR
Aeeirming.
The county courthouse of Bourbon county was insured against loss or damage by fire in the sum of $50,000. Appellant was one of the insurers, to the extent of $1,000. This suit was to recover of appellant $1,000 because it was alleged that the building, during the continuance of appellant’s policy, had been totally destroyed by fire. The .answer denied that the loss was total. -It further pleaded that the loss was partial only; that it did not exceed in value $33,918.27, and that for -$34,000 it could, by using the part not destroyed by fire, be…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Hanover Fire Insurance v. B. C. Lewis & SonsSupreme Court of Florida · 1891
- Reilly v. Franklin Insurance Co. of St. LouisWisconsin Supreme Court · 1877
- Germania Insurance v. AshbyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901
- Seward v. . City of RochesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Badenfeld v. Massachusetts Mutual Accident Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
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- Union Central Life Ins. v. SpinksCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1904
- Feinbloom v. Camden Fire Ins. Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1959
- Horn v. Atlas Assurance SocietyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
- Security Insurance Company v. RosenbergCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
- Springfield Fire Marine Ins. Co. v. RameyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
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