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Kahn v. Traders Insurance

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided December 1, 1893PublishedCited by 38 opinions

ERROR to District Court for Laramie County. Hon. Richard H. Scott, Judge. Action on a fire insurance policy by G-us Kahn against tbe Traders Insurance Company. Verdict was for plaintiff.

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ERROR to District Court for Laramie County. Hon. Richard H. Scott, Judge. Action on a fire insurance policy by G-us Kahn against tbe Traders Insurance Company. Verdict was for plaintiff. The district court vacated the verdict, and upon the refusal of the plaintiff to further prosecute the case in that court, and his election to stand upon his exceptions to the orders vacating the verdict and overruling the motion for judgment upon the verdict, the action was ordered dismissed at plaintiff’s costs, and judgment was rendered in favor of defendant for costs. Plaintiff prosecuted error. The…

1Opinion of the Court

CLARK, Justice.

(Statement of facts.)

This is an action on a policy of insurance issued hy the defendant company on the 5th day of May, 1890, insuring plaintiff against loss by fire on a stock of groceries for the sum of $1,200.00, and store fixtures for the sum of $300.00, all while contained in a certain store building situate in the City of Cheyenne in this State. The building containing the property so insured was burned on December 26, 1890. The action was commenced in the court below on the 16th day of April, 1891.

The plaintiff in his petition alleged:

1st. The corporate character of…

2Cases cited48 opinions

  1. Morrison v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaTexas Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Viele v. Germania InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
  3. Walsh v. . Hartford Fire Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1878
  4. Farnum v. Phoenix InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
  5. Hamilton v. Home InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1890

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3Cited by38 opinions

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  2. Delaware Underwriters & Westchester Fire Insurance v. BrockTexas Supreme Court · 1919
  3. Getchell & Martin Lumber & Manufacturing Co. v. Peterson & SampsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
  4. First National Bank v. FordWyoming Supreme Court · 1923
  5. Westerfeld v. New York Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1900

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