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Pool v. Milwaukee Mechanics Insurance

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided November 24, 1896PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeals from judgments of the circuit court for Ashland county: Jora 3L Pabish, Circuit Judge. Actions to recover on fire, insurance policies. Such policies contain the following provisions: “This entire policy, unless otherwise provided by agreement indorsed hereon or added hereto, shall be void ... if the hazard be increased by any means within the control or knowledge of the insured.

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Appeals from judgments of the circuit court for Ashland county: Jora 3L Pabish, Circuit Judge. Actions to recover on fire, insurance policies. Such policies contain the following provisions: “This entire policy, unless otherwise provided by agreement indorsed hereon or added hereto, shall be void ... if the hazard be increased by any means within the control or knowledge of the insured. If fire occur, the insured shall . . . protect the property from further damage, shall forthwith separate the damaged from undamaged personal property, put it into the best possible order, make a complete…

1Opinion of the CourtMaeshall, J.

In the appeal of the Farmers Fire Insurance- Company there is presented the question whether the court erred in refusing the motion to change the place of trial on account of the prejudice of the people. The motion was regularly made, based on affidavits alleging facts tending to show that such prejudice existed. Such facts consisted largely of statements that various persons not named, and others named, had stated to the persons making the moving affidavits that the insurance companies concerned in the loss could not obtain a fair trial in the county of Ashland. The case was met, on the part…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Spies v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Rowan v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
  3. Bowman v. Van KurenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1871
  4. Grace v. DempseyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1889
  5. The People v. . CaseyNew York Court of Appeals · 1884

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. State v. LindellWisconsin Supreme Court · 2001
  2. State v. HumphreyOregon Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Kohler v. West Side Railroad Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
  4. State v. SellhausenWisconsin Supreme Court · 2012
  5. Sheboygan Cnty. Dep't of Health & Human Servs. v. K.N.L. (In re J.B.L.)Court of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2018

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