McPhee v. Millers' National Insurance
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Sanilac; Beach, J. Assumpsit by Hugh McPhee against the Millers’ National Insurance Company on a policy of fire insurance. Judgment for plaintiff on a directed verdict. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.
Plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment for the full amount, with accumulated interest, of a $5,000 insurance policy issued to him by defendant on February 28, 1912, insuring the stock and buildings of his retail lumber business in the village of Melvin, Sanilac county, where he conducted a lumber yard. The policy insured this property against loss, or damage by fire or lightning for a period of five years, $950 of the insurance being placed upon his building' and sheds, and $4,050 on his stock of lumber, etc. The premium was payable annually, in advance as called for; the total amount,…
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- Imperial Fire Insurance v. Coos CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Insurance Co. v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Warren v. Davenport Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1871
- Rosenbaum v. TyszkaMichigan Supreme Court · 1916
- Lagden v. Concordia Mutual Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1915
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