John Davis & Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; McMahon, J., presiding. Assumpsit by John Davis & Company against the Insurance Company of North America on a fire-insurance policy. From the judgment rendered, both parties bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This is an action on a fire-insurance policy. The plaintiff, a corporation, was a dealer in grocers’ supplies at 45 Larned street, Detroit, occupying a brick building, and held a policy issued by the defendant, covering the stock in trade, in the sum of $2,000. There was $6,000 concurrent insurance. On the 6th day of November, 1895, a boiler exploded in the basement of an adjoining building, occupied by the Detroit Journal, and both buildings fell in. A fire ensued in No. 47, but none df the goods in No. 45 were actually consumed by fire. There were saved from the wreck goods which in their…
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