Commercial Insurance v. Spankneble
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. William A Poetee, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought in the court below by Anna Spankneble against the Commercial Insurance Company, to recover upon a policy upon premises occupied as a brewery.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. William A Poetee, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought in the court below by Anna Spankneble against the Commercial Insurance Company, to recover upon a policy upon premises occupied as a brewery. The following are the conditions in the policy, referred to in the opinion of the court: “ And it is further agreed that in case the above mentioned premises, at any time after the making of and during the time this policy would otherwise continue in force, shall from any cause be vacant or without occupant, unless notice of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by appellee in the Superior Court of Chicago, against appellants, to recover on a policy of insurance for a loss of the insured-property by fire. The policy covered a three story frame building, occupied as a brewery, a steam boiler and connections, vats, tubs, coolers, barrels of malt, barley and hops, all contained in the building, “loss, if any, payable to Elias Greenebaum, trustee, as interest may appear,” for the period of one year from the twenty-first of November, 1866. The policy contained a number of conditions. They provided that if after…
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