Watertown Fire Insurance v. Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Calhoun. Assumpsit by the Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Company on a policy issued by the Watertown Eire Insurance Company to A. P. Colby upon a dwelling 'house and its contents, and immediately after the loss ¡of the property assigned by Colby to James L. Dobbins. ¡The insurance was made payable to Charles Jagger, a ¡mortgagee of the realty, as his interest might appear. ¡The policy was dated Aug. 20, 1873, and was to run three years; the property was destroyed by…
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Error to Calhoun. Assumpsit by the Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Company on a policy issued by the Watertown Eire Insurance Company to A. P. Colby upon a dwelling 'house and its contents, and immediately after the loss ¡of the property assigned by Colby to James L. Dobbins. ¡The insurance was made payable to Charles Jagger, a ¡mortgagee of the realty, as his interest might appear. ¡The policy was dated Aug. 20, 1873, and was to run three years; the property was destroyed by fire, Dee. 14, 1873; Jagger assigned his interest to Dobbins Oct. 5,1874, and Nov. 18, 1874, Dobbins assigned all his…
1Opinion of the CourtMarston, J.
Counsel for plaintiff in error very properly arranged the questions raised in this case under-three heads, and we will follow that arrangement.
I. The notice. The provision in the policy requiring notice to be given is as follows: “In case of loss the-assured shall give immediate notice, stating the number of the policy and the name of the agent.” It was not claimed that any notice whatever was given by Colby, the owner of the premises, and the person to whom the policy was issued. The policy was made payable, in. *136case of loss, to Charles Jagger, as his mortgage interest should appear. James…
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