Hanover Fire Insurance v. B. C. Lewis & Sons
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Leon County. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief-Justice delivered the opinion of the court:
The defendants in error, B. C. Lewis & Sons, commenced an action in the Circuit Court of Leon county against the plaintiff in error, The Hanover Pire Insurance Company, on a policy of insurance. The language of this policy, so far as it is essential to a decision of this case, is as follows: “$5,000. Underwriters’ Policy. Ho. 20,195. By this Policy of Insui’ance The Germania Fire Insurance Company and the The Hanover Fire Insurance Company, each of the City of Hew York, each acting and contracting for itself, and not one for the other, in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Higgs v. SheheeSupreme Court of Florida · 1852
- Boyd v. GilchristSupreme Court of Alabama · 1849
- Young v. FosterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1838
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- Brown v. Quincy Mutual Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
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