Legal Opinion

Cleaver v. Traders' Insurance

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided April 21, 1887PublishedCited by 77 opinions

Error to Tuscola. (Beacb, J.) Assumpsit. Defendant brings error. The-facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.

The plaintiff brought suit to recover the-amount of a policy of insurance issued by the defendant. The policy was issued on the ninth day of February, 1884, and expired February 9, 1885. The property covered by the policy was destroyed by fire, December 27, 1884. Proofs, of loss were furnished, about which no question is made.

November 14, 1884, additional insurance was placed on the property covered by defendant’s policy, in the sum of $2,000, in the Michigan Millers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Lansing, Michigan. The policy in suit provides that, if the insured shall procure any other…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Westchester Fire Insurance v. EarleMichigan Supreme Court · 1876
  2. Security Insurance v. FayMichigan Supreme Court · 1871
  3. Pennsylvania Fire Insurance v. KittleMichigan Supreme Court · 1878
  4. Merserau v. . Ph&338nix Mutual Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1876
  5. Carpenter v. Continental InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1886

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3Cited by77 opinions

  1. Rory v. Continental InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 2005
  2. Northern Assurance Co. v. Grand View Building Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
  3. Casey v. Auto-Owners InsuranceMichigan Court of Appeals · 2007
  4. Thornton v. Travelers InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  5. Scholz v. Montgomery Ward & Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1991

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