Meyer v. Home Insurance Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county: J. C. Ludwig, Judge. The plaintiffs commenced separate actions against the defendants, which were consolidated and tried together, the questions in controversy being the same in each case.
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Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county: J. C. Ludwig, Judge. The plaintiffs commenced separate actions against the defendants, which were consolidated and tried together, the questions in controversy being the same in each case. The actions were brought upon insurance policies to recover for loss of a stock of cigars, tobacco, fixtures, and machinery, and the defense made to each was that the plaintiffs were guilty of fraud or false swearing within the terms of the policies. The stock covered by the insurance, exclusive of machinery and fixtures, was insured by…
1Opinion of the CourtKeRWIN, J.
1. Error is assigned because the court refused to direct a verdict for defendants and in not amending the verdict and ordering judgment upon it as amended in favor of defendants. This assignment involves the question whether the evidence sustains the findings of the jury that the plaintiffs did not knowingly, and with intent to defraud, include in their proofs of loss property which, prior to the fire, had been removed from the factory or disposed of, and that the value of the property included in the proofs of loss was not wilfully overstated with intent to defraud the defendants. It is…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Boske v. ComingoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Claflin v. Commonwealth InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Maher v. . Hibernia Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Ward v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
- Beyer v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Martin Fine v. Bellefonte Underwriters Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Banderob v. Wisconsin Central Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1907
- American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania v. B. Cianciolo, Inc., and the Cianciolo Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Stebane Nash Co. v. Campbellsport Mutual InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1965
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