Stache v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Brown County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Tatloe: “ This was an action upon a policy of insurance against loss by fire.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Brown County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Tatloe: “ This was an action upon a policy of insurance against loss by fire. The property insured was described in the policy as follows: ‘ $S00 on his two-story building, occupied as an hotel; $260 on household furniture and wearing apparel; -$75 on his provisions and stock of liquors and cigars; $65 on his bar fixtures and furniture, counter, stoves and lamps; $130 on his frame barn; $20 on hay therein.’ “After the policy was issued, an additional insurance was granted for $400 upon ah addition built to…
1Opinion of the CourtTatloe, J.
In the state of the case shown by the foregoing statement, it may be a question of some doubt whether either party can go behind the special verdict and allege errors arising upon exceptions taken on the trial, or look into the bill of exceptions for the purpose of ascertaining whether the findings are sustained by the evidence; but as we are of the opinion that the learned circuit judge erred in ordering judgment for the defendant upon the facts found by the special verdict, it will not be necessary to determine that question..
We have stated some of the evidence given on the trial, for the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- National Life Ins. Co. v. . MinchNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Smith v. . Glen's Falls Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Farmers & Merchants' Insurance v. ChesnutIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
- Hartford Live Stock Insurance v. MatthewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
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- Stockton Combine Harvester & Agricultural Works v. Glen's Falls Co.California Supreme Court · 1893
- West Coast Lumber Co. v. State Investment & InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
- German Fire Insurance Co. of Freeport v. Gibbs, Wilson & Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1906
- McClelland v. SaulSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
- Gerlach v. Grain Shippers Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1912
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