Lounsbury v. Protection Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action on a policy of insurance against loss or damage by fire, to the amount of 2000 dollars, for one year from the 3rd of September, 1827, on a wooden building in Norwalk, owned and occupied by the plaintiff, as a manufactotory of hat bodies, and on the privilege for all the process of said business, on machinery contained in said manufactory, and on the plaintiff’s dwelling-house.
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This was an action on a policy of insurance against loss or damage by fire, to the amount of 2000 dollars, for one year from the 3rd of September, 1827, on a wooden building in Norwalk, owned and occupied by the plaintiff, as a manufactotory of hat bodies, and on the privilege for all the process of said business, on machinery contained in said manufactory, and on the plaintiff’s dwelling-house. The declaration described the defendants as a body politic, incorporated by the legislature of this state, setting forth the general powers of the company under their charter; and then proceeded to…
1Opinion of the CourtDaggett, J.
1. It is contended, by the counsel for the defendants, that the declaration is insufficient. It states, generally, that the defendants, being an incorporated company, for a certain premium, by their policy, made insurance on the buildings, &c. of the plaintiff, viz. a building occupied by the plaintiff as a manufactory of hat bodies, and on the privilege for all the process of said business. There were many conditions annexed to the policy, which the declaration recites, with an unnecessary particularity, and then alleges a loss by fire, and that the plaintiff made proof of loss according to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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