Legal Opinion

New England Fire & Marine Insurance v. Robinson

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1865PublishedCited by 42 opinions

APPEAL from the Marion Common Pleas.

1Opinion of the CourtGregory, J.

Robinson, assignee of Hill, sued the appellant in the court below upon an oral contract to insure.

The complaint alleges that Hill was the owner of a saw and planing mill and its contents, located on Hast street, in the city of Indianapolis, of the value of $5,000, and that one Dunlop was the appellant’s local agent at Indianapolis; that Hill made a written application to the company, through said agent, to insure for him the building and its contents against loss by fire, stating the amount of insurance desired; that Hill then proposed to pay the company a premium of five per cent, for the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Trustees of the First Baptist Ch. v. . Brooklyn Fire Ins.New York Court of Appeals · 1859
  2. Deming v. State ex rel. MillerIndiana Supreme Court · 1864
  3. Mackie v. CairnsCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1825
  4. Gilbert v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1811
  5. Rising Sun Insurance v. SlaughterIndiana Supreme Court · 1863

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Platter v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  2. Splawn v. ChewTexas Supreme Court · 1883
  3. Stockwell v. State ex rel. JohnsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Commercial Union Assurance Co. v. State ex rel. SmithIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
  5. The Walter A. Wood Mowing v. CaldwellIndiana Supreme Court · 1876

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