Perry v. Cobb
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. This was a bill in equity, heard on bill, answer and proof, in which the plaintiffs claimed to recover of the Knox Lime Insurance Association upon two contracts of insurance on a cargo of lime shipped at Rockland in February, 1893, on board the Brig, Caroline Gray, The Knox Lime Insurance Association is a voluntary association, or partnership, of whom the plaintiffs and defendants are -the members.
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On report. This was a bill in equity, heard on bill, answer and proof, in which the plaintiffs claimed to recover of the Knox Lime Insurance Association upon two contracts of insurance on a cargo of lime shipped at Rockland in February, 1893, on board the Brig, Caroline Gray, The Knox Lime Insurance Association is a voluntary association, or partnership, of whom the plaintiffs and defendants are -the members. I The articles of agreement by which the association is organized, and under which its business is canned on are as follows : "Knox Lime Insurance Association. "Mutual agreement óf lime…
1Opinion of the CourtHaskell, J.
The plaintiffs and the defendants, lime burners in the county of Knox, formed a business company to continue one year for the purpose of insuring each other upon cargoes of lime shipped by them coastwise. The business was to be conducted by a committee of members, who, in case of damage to any cargo underwritten, were to "determine the amount due and pay the same at their first regular meeting after the claim for loss is presented, unless the association has insufficient funds, in which ease thirty days’ time for payment shall be granted. An appeal may be made to a majority of two-thirds of…
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