Fire Insurance v. Wickham
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. Motion to dismiss. ■ The court stated the case as follows This case comes here by writ of error and a certificate of division of opinion of the judges of the Circuit Court.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. Motion to dismiss. ■ The court stated the case as follows This case comes here by writ of error and a certificate of division of opinion of the judges of the Circuit Court. The action was brought upon a policy of insurance against fire to recover damages occasioned by the burning of the propeller St. Raul, of which the plaintiffs below, the defendants in error, were the owners. , The vessel was insured against.'fire in ted companies, including the plaintiff in error, ..which issued two policies amounting…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
This subject has been so often and so recently discussed by this court, that it is hardly necessary to do more than to state the conclusion that must be drawn from the case as presented. The law is so clearly stated, and the cases are so fully cited by Mr. Justice Gray in the recent case of Jewell v. Knight, 123 U. S. 426, 432, that nothing further need be said. It is- there laid down, first that the question certified “must be a distinct point or proposition of law, clearly stated, so that it can be definitely answered, without,,regard to other issues of law or fact in the case ;” secondly,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Jewell v. KnightSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
3Cited by9 opinions
- Fire Ins. Assn., Ltd. v. WickhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- McHenry v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Maynard v. HechtSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- McHenry v. AlforeSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Felsenheld v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
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