Putze v. Saginaw Valley Mutual Fire-Insurance
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to St. Clair; Atkinson, J. Assumpsit by Gustave Putze against the Saginaw Valley Mutual Fire-Insurance Company on a policy of insurance. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1DissentHooker, C. J.
Subdivision 1 of section 50 of the Compiled Laws of 1897 provides:
‘ ‘All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according to the common and approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases, and such as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law, shall be construed and understood according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning.”
The statute applicable to this case must be construed according to the provision of subdivision 1 of section 50, quoted. The language of that statute is:
“Suit at law may be prosecuted and maintained by any member…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Steen v. . Niagara Fire Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Allen v. Hudson River Mutual InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1854
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. GreinerMichigan Supreme Court · 1898
- Utica Insurance v. American Mutual InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1853