Bowditch v. Boston
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne
The plaintiff .in error, who is the assignee of the estate of Charles H. Hall, a bankrupt, alleges and relies upon the following case:—
A great fire occurred in'-the city of Boston on the night of the 9th and 10th of November, 1872. Hall was then the lessee and occupant of the premises described in the declarar tion. The fixtures, merchandise, and tools belonging to. him in the part of the building covered by the lease were 'of the value of $60,000, and his leasehold estate was of the value of $10,000. The fire did not first break out in his premises, but that part of the building and the…
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