Illinois Mutual Fire Insurance v. Fix
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. Joseph Gillespie, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought in the court below, by Pantali Fix, for the use of Henry F. Mayer, to recover upon a policy of insurance, issued by the Illinois Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. Joseph Gillespie, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought in the court below, by Pantali Fix, for the use of Henry F. Mayer, to recover upon a policy of insurance, issued by the Illinois Mutual Fire Insurance Company. The insurance was upon a dwelling house and brewery attached, two thousand two hundred dollars, and upon fixtures in brewery and cellar, eight hundred dollars, total three thousand dollars. The grounds upon which the principal question in the case arises, are fully set forth in the opinion of the court.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
The appellee, Fix, being indebted to Mayer, for whose use this suit is brought, executed to him his notes, secured by mortgage on a brewery, and at the same time assigned to him a policy of insurance, issued by the appellants, upon the building and fixtures. This assignment was made with the consent of the company endorsed upon the policy. The present suit was brought in the name of Fix for the use of Mayer, and resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, from which the company appealed.
On the trial, the company offered to prove that the building was set on fire by the plaintiff,…
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