Bickford v. Aetna Insurance
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Assumpsit upon a fire insurance policy of the standard form issued to the plaintiff by the defendant company, to recover for loss of hay, sleighs and carriages by accidental fire. This policy was a renewal of the original policy issued by the defendant company through one of its agents, Col. Henry R. Millett, and this renewed policy was issued through Col. Millett’s successor as agent of the defendant company. Plea, the general issue.
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On report. Assumpsit upon a fire insurance policy of the standard form issued to the plaintiff by the defendant company, to recover for loss of hay, sleighs and carriages by accidental fire. This policy was a renewal of the original policy issued by the defendant company through one of its agents, Col. Henry R. Millett, and this renewed policy was issued through Col. Millett’s successor as agent of the defendant company. Plea, the general issue. Tried at the April term, 1904, of the Supreme Judicial Court, Cumberland County. At the conclusion of the testimony “and in accordance with the…
1Opinion of the CourtPeabody, J.
This case was an action of assumpsit brought upon an insurance policy to recover for loss of hay, sleighs and carriages by an accidental fire.
The plea is the general issue and the case is before the law court on report by agreement and upon written stipulations of the parties according to which the sole question submitted is “ whether or not the building wholly destroyed which it is admitted contained the carriages and sleighs for which the plaintiff seeks to recover was covered and included by the terms of the description of the policy in question, namely: “ the frame building and addition…
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- Allen v. . St. Louis Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Rann v. . Home Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1874
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