Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. v. Northern Assurance Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Delta; Stone, J. Assumpsit by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company against the Northern Assurance Company on a policy of insurance. There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The plaintiff is a corporation doing business in Chicago, dealing in saloon furniture. In 1901 Guy and Neis W. Rawson made a contract of purchase *313and obtained from the plaintiff saloon fixtures at the agreed price of $2,050, and of that value, to be used by them in a saloon which they proposed to open in Escanaba, Michigan. At or subsequent to the time of the negotiations they paid $500 upon the contract, and for the remainder of the purchase price they gave to the plaintiff their promissory notes, each of which contained the clause, “The title to remain in the Brunswick-Balke-Collender…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. v. Northern Assurance Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1905
- Stack v. OlmstedMichigan Supreme Court · 1901
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Smith v. American InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1913
- Moss v. Union Mutual InsuranceMichigan Court of Appeals · 1968