Hough v. President of the People's Fire Insurance
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. Two actions of covenant, consolidated by consent, were instituted by tho appellants, Hough, Clendening & Co., for the use of their assignee, the Baltimore Warehouse Company, against the appellees: the first to recover on a policy issued by the appellees, dated the 21st of June, 1870, whereby the company insured Hough, Clendening & Co., during thirty-five days, from the date of the policy, against loss or damage by fire to the…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. Two actions of covenant, consolidated by consent, were instituted by tho appellants, Hough, Clendening & Co., for the use of their assignee, the Baltimore Warehouse Company, against the appellees: the first to recover on a policy issued by the appellees, dated the 21st of June, 1870, whereby the company insured Hough, Clendening & Co., during thirty-five days, from the date of the policy, against loss or damage by fire to the amount of $1,400, on fifteen bales of cotton stored in Tobacco Warehouse Ho. 2, O’Donnell’s wharf, then occupied by the…
1Opinion of the CourtGrason, J.
At the trial of this qause in tlie Court below, the appellants, for the purpose of showing what goods and merchandize w'ere intended to be covered by the pplicies issued to the'Warehouse Company by the Associated Firemen’s Insurance Company and the Home Insurance Company, offered to prove by the president of the Warehouse Company that, at the time he applied for the insurances, he informed the agents of the insurance companies that he desired to obtain insurance to protect his company from loss or damage, not covered by-policies taken out by those who had deposited cotton or other merchandize…
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