Lucas v. Insurance Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Green, Judue, furnishes the following statement of the case: At Lecemher rules, 1880, Charles Y. Lucas filed his declaration in the municipal court of ’Wheeling against the Liverpool and Loudon and Globe Insurance Company under section 1 of chapter 66 Acts of 1877 p. 89. The declaration was as follows: “In the Municipal Court oe Wheeling, \ Lecemher rules, 1880. J “Charles.
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Green, Judue, furnishes the following statement of the case: At Lecemher rules, 1880, Charles Y. Lucas filed his declaration in the municipal court of ’Wheeling against the Liverpool and Loudon and Globe Insurance Company under section 1 of chapter 66 Acts of 1877 p. 89. The declaration was as follows: “In the Municipal Court oe Wheeling, \ Lecemher rules, 1880. J “Charles. Y. Lucas complains of the ‘Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company,’ a corporation incorporated by that name and formed and existing under and by virtue and authority of the laws of the United Kingdom of Great…
1Opinion of the Court
GREEN, JüDfiE :
The principal question in controversy in this case is the true construction of this clause in the policy issued by the defendant to'the plaintiff: “This policy AAÚtnesseth, that C. Y. Lucas having paid to the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company thirteen dollars for the insurance against loss or damage by fire-of the property hereinafter described, namely, two thousand dollars on his stock of pianos, organs and other musical instruments, sheet music and such other goods as are usually kept for sale in a music store, his oavu or held by him in trust or on commission…
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