Robinson v. Mercer County Mutual Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of New Jersey
This was an action of covenant, commenced in the Supreme Court, on a policy of insurance. The cause was tried at the Mercer Circuit, at April Term, 1857, and a verdict rendered for the plaintiff for the amount of the insurance and interest. On the return of the postea to this court, the defendants obtained a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial granted.
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This was an action of covenant, commenced in the Supreme Court, on a policy of insurance. The cause was tried at the Mercer Circuit, at April Term, 1857, and a verdict rendered for the plaintiff for the amount of the insurance and interest. On the return of the postea to this court, the defendants obtained a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial granted. The facts in the case and the points made on the argument sufficiently appear in the opinions delivered in this court-.
1Opinion of the CourtElmer, J.
This is an action of covenant on a policy of insurance, bearing date April 27th, 1846, whereby tho defendants insured the plaintiff, to the amount of $400, against damage or loss by fire, for ten years, upon “a new double Adams printing press, contained in a frame building in the rear of the printing office, in a room sixteen by eighteen feet, said press, with its fixtures, being valued at $600.” Ou the 13th of March, 1847, tiie secretary of the company endorsed on the policy, “ the property described and insured in the annexed policy has been removed to a brick building, known as the Eohert…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Stebbins v. Globe InsuranceThe Superior Court of New York City · 1829
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- Goldman v. Piedmont Fire Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952
- Goldman v. Piedmont Fire Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952