Woodbury v. United States Casualty Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Second Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Lockwood Honors, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Duncan
Appellee, George Trumbull Woodbury, filed separate suits against the United States Casualty Company, the Ocean Accident and Guaranty Corporation, Ltd., and the Continental Casualty Company, in the circuit court of Cook county. The pleadings and issues in all three of the cases are identical. The declarations contained two counts. The first count charged the defendants with having wrongfully obtained appellee’s insurance policies by means of fraud and duress. The second was a general count in trover. The defendants each pleaded the general issue and an additional plea averring, in substance,…
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