Northern Assurance Co. v. Grand View Building Assn.
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE'EIGHTH circuit. IN September, 1898, the Grand Yiew Building Association, a corporation organized under the laws of Nebraska, in the District Court of Lancaster County of that State, brought an action against the Northern Assurance Company, of London, incorporated under the laws of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, seeking to recover- the sum of $2500 as due under the terms of a policy of insurance that had been…
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE'EIGHTH circuit. IN September, 1898, the Grand Yiew Building Association, a corporation organized under the laws of Nebraska, in the District Court of Lancaster County of that State, brought an action against the Northern Assurance Company, of London, incorporated under the laws of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, seeking to recover- the sum of $2500 as due under the terms of a policy of insurance that had been issued by the assurance company to the plaintiff company on December 31, 1896, on certain property situated in said Lancaster…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Shiras,
after .making the above statement, delivered the opinion of the court.
In order that the questions discussed, in this case and the grounds of our judgment therein may sufficiently appear, it seems proper to set out, with substantial fulness, the pleadings of the parties and the special verdict of the jury.
The plaintiffs petition, having alleged the making of the policy of insurance and the destruction of the property insured, then proceeded to allege in its fourth paragraph, apparently by way of meeting an expected defence, that- “ plaintiff, shortly prior to issuance of…
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