Knickerbocker Insurance v. McGinnis
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lake county; the Hon. Theodore D. Murphy, Judge, presiding. This was assumpsit, by the appellee against the appellant. On the trial, the defendant offered to show that the plaintiff had made a sworn return to the assessor of the City of Chicago, for the year 1871, that his total personal property subject to taxation was $3760, which the court refused to admit, on objection.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lake county; the Hon. Theodore D. Murphy, Judge, presiding. This was assumpsit, by the appellee against the appellant. On the trial, the defendant offered to show that the plaintiff had made a sworn return to the assessor of the City of Chicago, for the year 1871, that his total personal property subject to taxation was $3760, which the court refused to admit, on objection. The court also allowed an amendment to the declaration, after the plaintiff’s proof closed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was assumpsit, in the Lake circuit court, on a policy of insurance, brought by Cornelius McGinnis, plaintiff, and against the Knickerbocker Insurance Company, defendants. The cause was tried by the court, by consent, without a jury, and there was a finding and judgment for the plaintiff. A motion for a new trial was overruled, and the defendants appeal.
The policy was dated October 5, 1871, by which the plaintiff was insured for one year on a foundry, smut machine, and other classes of property, to the amount of fifteen hundred dollars, distributed in various sums on the different kinds…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Knickerbocker Insurance v. GouldIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
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