Brown v. Commercial Fire Insurance
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, entered upon the verdict of a jury directed by the court, in an action of assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance. The Court in the opinion stated the case as follows: This is an action of assumpsit on a fire insurance policy begun May 2, 1895, by Chapin Brown, trustee in a trust deed that had been given by the insured to secure a debt.
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Hearing on an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, entered upon the verdict of a jury directed by the court, in an action of assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance. The Court in the opinion stated the case as follows: This is an action of assumpsit on a fire insurance policy begun May 2, 1895, by Chapin Brown, trustee in a trust deed that had been given by the insured to secure a debt. The defendant, the Commercial Fire Insurance Company of the District of Columbia, issued the policy to Philip Walker, on September 16, 1893, covering $3,000…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
1. The first question arising under the case stated is: Was the plaintiff’s action barred by the special limitation clause of the policy because not commenced within twelve months nest after the fire ?
This is one of the specially assigned grounds of the motion to direct the verdict for the defendant, but does not seem, from the brief statement of the opinion of the learned justice, who presided on the trial, to have been sustained by him. From his failure to assign this as one of the grounds of his action, the inference is that he did not regard it as well founded. It has, however, been…
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