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Roth v. City Ins. Co.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Ohio

Decided April 15, 1855PublishedCited by 3 opinions

[This was an action at law by Frederick Roth against the City Insurance Company to recover damages for the nonperformance of an insurance policy.]

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF

THE COURT.

This is an action on a policy of insurance, which bears date the 5th of May, 1S52, of two thousand dollars, for one year, on a brick dwelling house in Nashville, in the state of Tennessee. The damages claimed fall short of the amount insured. The declaration was in the usual form, in answer to which the defendant filed the general issue and several special pleas. To some of the pleas demurrers were filed, and to others issue was joined. But the parties waived the questions raised by the pleadings, except in regard to concealment and misrepresentation of the premises, on…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Jennings v. Chenango Mutual InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1846
  2. Masters v. Madison County Mutual InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1852
  3. Delonguemare v. Tradesmen's InsuranceThe Superior Court of New York City · 1829
  4. Fowler v. Ætna Fire Insurance Co.New York Supreme Court · 1827
  5. Wall v. Howard InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1852

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Howard Fire & Marine Insurance v. CornickIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
  2. Waterbury v. Dakota F. & M. Ins.Supreme Court Of The Territory Of Dakota · 1889
  3. Central Accident Insurance v. SpenceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906

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