Niagara Fire Insurance v. Scammon

This was an action brought by J. Young Scammon, against the Niagara Fire Insurance Company, upon a policy of insurance issued by that company on January. 21, 1874, for $5000, upon the premises known as No. 16 Congress street, city of Chicago, which were destroyed by fire July 14, 1874. The cause was submitted to the court for trial without a jury, and judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $6700, which was affirmed on appeal to the Appellate Court for the First District, and the defendant appealed to this court.

The only point made in favor of a reversal of the judgment is, that…