Legal Opinion
Koch v. Commonwealth Insurance
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided January 26, 1917PublishedCited by 8 opinions
On final hearing on bill to reform a policy of fire insurance.
1Opinion of the Court
Leaking, Y. C.
The bill of complaint in this suit has been filed by complainant to. reform a policy of fire insurance which was issued to him by defendant fire insurance company December 22d, 1915, for a period of five years.
In the policy the insured building is accurately described except in that the words “occupied as a store and dwelling” form a part of the description. , ■ ■
When the insurance was written the building was not in fact occupied as a store and dwelling but. was occupied as a printing establishment. The bill seeks a reformation of the policy by causing it to set forth that the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Floars v. Ætna Life InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
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- Stamen v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1956
- Parrette v. Citizens' Casualty Co. of N.Y.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1940
- Kuller v. Fire Assn. of PhiladelphiaNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1938
- Van Doren v. EverittSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1819
- Howell v. SebringNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1861
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