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Trustees of St. Clara Female Academy v. Delaware Insurance

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided April 14, 1896PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeals from judgments of the circuit court for Dane ■county: R. G-. SiebeckeR, Circuit Judge. These actions were upon four insurance policies, issued November 8,1893, by the defendant companies, respectively, for $2,500 each, and there was other insurance written at the same date for $5,000, all on the plaintiff’s “ two and one-half story brick shingle-roof school-house, including,” etc., “ situate,” etc., “ permission being given to effect other insurance, and also to…

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Appeals from judgments of the circuit court for Dane ■county: R. G-. SiebeckeR, Circuit Judge. These actions were upon four insurance policies, issued November 8,1893, by the defendant companies, respectively, for $2,500 each, and there was other insurance written at the same date for $5,000, all on the plaintiff’s “ two and one-half story brick shingle-roof school-house, including,” etc., “ situate,” etc., “ permission being given to effect other insurance, and also to complete the construction of said building.” The complaints contained the usual allegations, and claimed that a total loss…

1Opinion of the CourtPinstbt, J.

The conclusion of the circuit court that the several insurance policies in question should be reformed by adding to each of them the usual mortgage clause showing the existence of a mortgage on the insured property running to the Northwestern Mutual Relief Association, in the amount of $10,000, and containing stipulations and conditions provided for by law and by the standard policy to be inserted in the mortgage clause, is sustained by the evidence, and was not contested.

The only contested question is whether the finding that defendant McAlpine is entitled to recover judgment against the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Snell v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Hearne v. Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  3. Southard v. . CurleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  4. McClellan v. SanfordWisconsin Supreme Court · 1870
  5. Groff v. RohrerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1872

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Egaard v. DahlkeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
  2. Loomis v. BesseWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Garvin v. CrowleyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
  4. Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District v. American International Specialty Lines InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
  5. Allen v. BobergWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900

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