German Union Fire Insurance v. Fred G. Clarke Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City (Hettistjse, L).
1Opinion of the CourtStockbridge, J.
This case involves no conflict of testimony but- raises three questions of law, upon the answer to which its determination depends. The suit is upon .an insurance policy to recover the amount named in the policy, a loss having occurred of the property insured. In the brief and at the oral argument it was urged on behalf of the company, that there could he no recovery for the reason that the plaintiff had offered no affirmative proof of the payment of the premium, which constituted the consideration for the issuance of the policy. A careful examination of the record fails to disclose that any…
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