Williamsburg City Fire Insurance v. Cary
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gaby, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, by the appellee, against the appellant, to recover on a policy of insurance for a loss of a lot of millinery goods, valued at $1600. A trial was had, resulting in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
When the risk was assumed by the insurance company the goods covered by the policy were situated on the ground floor in building Ho. 88 State street, but before the destruction by fire the assured had removed them to Ho. 368 Wabash avenue. It is conceded no previous consent had been given the assured for the removal, but whether the company subsequently consented to carry the risk on the goods, in the new location, was one of the contested questions on the trial. On this point the testimony was conflicting, but if the jury gave credence to the witness Underwood, it was sufficient to warrant…
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