Planters' Mutual Insurance v. Deford
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County. A statement of the case will be found in the opinion of the Court. At the trial of the cause in the Court below the plaintiffs offered the following prayers, which the Court, (Pbarre, J.,) granted : 1. If the jury shall find from the evidence that the plaintiffs, before the 11th day of July, 1811, furnished to the defendant the preliminary proof of loss by fire of the 30th of June, 1811, offered in evidence, and that the…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County. A statement of the case will be found in the opinion of the Court. At the trial of the cause in the Court below the plaintiffs offered the following prayers, which the Court, (Pbarre, J.,) granted : 1. If the jury shall find from the evidence that the plaintiffs, before the 11th day of July, 1811, furnished to the defendant the preliminary proof of loss by fire of the 30th of June, 1811, offered in evidence, and that the defendant retained said proof of loss, and made to the plaintiffs no objection to the same on the ground of any formal…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
This action was brought on a policy issued by the appellant on the 6th of May, 1871, insuring the property of the appellees, known as the Bottle Bun Tannery, against loss by fire, to the amount of eight thousand dollars, distributed as follows:
Cl On tannery with additions.............$3000
Hides and leather tanned, and in pro-
cess of tanning
200.Bark ins heds......
3000"
On the 30th of June, 1871, the tannery building was entirely destroyed by fire, and the stock of hides in part destroyed and in part injured. The loss on the building was estimated at twelve thousand dollars, and on the stock of…
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