Vandervolgen v. Manchester Fire Assurance Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Hillsdale; Chester, J. Assumpsit by Henry Yandervolgen against the Manchester Fire Assurance Company on a policy of insurance. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, C. J.
The plaintiff brought an action on a policy of insurance of $1,200 “on his stock of merchandise, consisting mainly of hardware, cutlery, paints, oils, glass, tinware, stoves, agricultural implements, tools, plated ware, harnesses, and such other goods as are usually kept by a hardware merchant in such a village.”' The policy, in its printed portion, contains the following provision:
‘ ‘ This entire policy, unless otherwise provided by agreement indorsed hereon or added hereto, shall be void if (any usage of custom of trade or manufacture to the contrary notwithstanding) there be kept, used, or…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Yoch v. Home Mutual InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1896
- Niagara Fire Insurance v. DeGraffMichigan Supreme Court · 1863
- Fraim v. National Fire Ins.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- Snyder v. Dwelling-House InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1896
- Gunther v. Liverpool & London & Globe Ins.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York · 1888
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Skidmore v. Star Insurance Co. of AmericaWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1943
- Taylor-Baldwin Co. v. Northwestern Fire & Marine InsuranceNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1909