Insurance Co. v. Haven
Supreme Court of the United States
'Error to tbe Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. The facts- are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
-delivered'the-opinion of the court.
Policies of fire ‘nsurance are-contracts whereby the insurers undertake for a stipulated sum to indemnify tlie insured against loss or damage by fire, in respect to the property covered by ■the policy, during the prescribed period of time, to an amount not exceeding the sum specified in the written contract. Angelí. Fire and. Life Ins. 43.
Insurance was effected by the plaintiffs, oil the 9th of May, 1870, 'in the company of tiie corporation defendant for the term of one year, against loss, or damage by fire, to the amount of $3,000, covering the tén…
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