Small v. Westchester Fire Ins.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana
At Law.- Action by Joseph C. Small, as receiver of the City National Bank of Lawrenceburgh, against the Westchester Fire Insurance Company on a policy' of insurance. Heard on demurrer to' certain paragraphs of the answer.
1Opinion of the Court
Baker, District Judge.
The complaint is upon a policy of fire insurance. On the 4th day of December, 1882, the defendant executed to Henry Fitch, of Lawrenceburgh, Ind., a policy for one year, which is copied in the complaint, insuring against loss or damage by fire, to the amount of $2,000, certain piles 'and stacks of lumber owned by Fitch, and situated in his.yards at Lawrenceburgh. The policy was assigned on the 2d day of August, 1883, by Fitch to the City National Bank of Lawrenceburgh, to which the defendant gave its consent by written indorsement on the policy. On the 14th day of…
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