Larner v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract upon a policy of insurance against loss by burglary. Writ dated March 16, 1916. In the Superior Court, the action was tried before Sisk, J. Material evidence is described in the opinion.
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Contract upon a policy of insurance against loss by burglary. Writ dated March 16, 1916. In the Superior Court, the action was tried before Sisk, J. Material evidence is described in the opinion. At the close of the evidence, the judge excluded certain evidence relating to one “A. Blake,” which had been admitted de bene and which is described in the opinion, ordered a verdict for the defendant and reported the action for determination by this court with the stipulation of the parties that, if the verdict properly was ordered, it should stand, but if thp action should have been submitted to…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
This policy of insurance against loss by bur-*81glory was issued by the defendant on August 11, 1915. The plaintiff claimed that on Sunday, October 10, furs were stolen from the premises where he lived and carried on his business. James B. Coffey, who was an assistant of John J. Flynn the manager of the defendant’s burglary department, and was in charge of the claim department, called at the plaintiff’s house on October 11 and 16, to investigate. Joseph F. Wall, another assistant superintendent of the burglary insurance department, and in charge when Flynn was away, called at the plaintiff’s on…
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