Jones v. Granite State Fire Insurance
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Report. The facts are stated in the opinion. This was an action of assumpsit on an insurance policy issued by the defendant company on Dec. 9, 1892, on a two-story frame dwelling-house and addition and other buildings owned by plaintiff and situated on his farm in Ellsworth.
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On Report. The facts are stated in the opinion. This was an action of assumpsit on an insurance policy issued by the defendant company on Dec. 9, 1892, on a two-story frame dwelling-house and addition and other buildings owned by plaintiff and situated on his farm in Ellsworth. The policy covers the dwelling-house and addition, which was insured for $500, and other out-buildings which were insured for $1250, making a total of $1750. A fire occurred on the 4th day of May, 1895, causing the loss of the dwelling-house and addition, and this action was brought to recover the sum of $500, the…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The contention in this case is whether the risks of an insurance on the house in question were or not materially increased by its non-occupancy, the terms of the policy, which must have been well understood by the insured, declaring the *43policy to be void for such cause when not consented to by the insurance company. The facts are not in dispute.
An insurance of five hundred dollars was obtained by the plaintiff, December 7, 1892, on his two-story frame building and ell, the property having been estimated at the time as worth seventeen hundred and fifty dollars. The insurance came within the…
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