Hopkins Manufacturing Co. v. Aurora Fire & Marine Insurance

Plaintiffs recovered judgment below on a policy of insurance issued in the name of William Stevens but payable to plaintiffs as their interest should appear. The chief defence was based on an objection to the right of plaintiffs to sue in their own name. Some questions of evidence were raised, all but one of which relate to this point. Exceptions were also regularly taken to the refusal of the court to give certain charges. The exception to the charge .actually given instead of pointing out the rulings complained of was one general exception to the whole charge. As the -charge covered several…