Tong Chong Chan v. New Zealand Insurance

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PERRY, J.

Tbe plaintiff on January 11, 1901, in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit brought against the defendant an action of assumpsit for five hundred dollars on a policy of insurance issued by defendant in favor of plaintiff. The property insured was *484destroyed by fire on January 20, 1900. A copy of tbe policy was attached to and made a part of the declaration. Clause 19 of the policy reads as follows: “It is furthermore hereby expressly provided, that no suit or action of any kind against the said Company for the recovery of any claim upon, under, or by virtue of…