Hitchcock v. Rollo
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
[This was a proceeding by Charles Hitchcock against W. E. Rollo, assignee of the Merchants’ Insurance Company.]
1Opinion of the Court
DRUMMOND, Circuit Judge.
This case, in many respects, is like the case of Drake V. Rollo [Case No. 4,066], just decided. The plaintiff borrowed of the company twenty thousand dollars, on the 15th day of May, 1867, payable in five years. At the time of the great fire last fall, he held three policies of insurance issued to him by the company on property in Chicago, amounting to $11,000, *238and on which there was a total loss. There was also a policy issued by the company1 to the plaintiff, Dupee and Evarts (these two last named being partners of the plaintiff) for $1,500, on property owned by the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Columbian Insurance v. BlackNew York Supreme Court · 1820