Legal Opinion
Hartford Fire Insurance v. Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 2, 1983PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODFREY, Justice.
This is an appeal by the plaintiff Hartford Fire Insurance Company (“Hartford”) from a grant of summary judgment by the Superior Court for the defendant Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance Company (“Merrimack”). We vacate the judgment.
On November 15,1977, Merrimack issued a fire insurance policy for a three-year term to James and Loree Stewart as owners of a house and barn located in East Windham. The policy contained a standard mortgage clause providing for payment upon fire loss to the named mortgagee, Portland Savings Bank (“Bank”), as interest might appear.
On June 27, 1978,…
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