Ettelsohn v. Fireman's Fund Insurance

It is shown by the record in this case that Emma Lesser was carrying on a mercantile business in the city of Ishpeming, in January, 1885. -Her husband, Morris Lesser, took charge of her business, and acted as her agent. He had shortly before been a member of a firm at the same-place, consisting of himself and one Wisotsky, who had; *332failed in business, and Mrs. Lesser became the successor to the business of that firm.

A fire occurred in January, in her store, doing damage to her goods, which were insured in several different companies, of which the defendant was one. The loss against the…