Crich v. Williamsburg City Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Smith, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after judgment of $1,500 ordered by the court on the special findings of a jury, there being no general verdict.
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
1. This action is brought upon a policy of insurance issued by defendant to the plaintiff, which contained a clause making the loss payable to S. C. Gale, mortgagee. The amount due on the mortgage was less than the amount of the loss which plaintiff claims to have sustained, and which he seeks to recover in this action. The defendant insists that, under the pleadings, it was a case for the court, and not for a jury. No question is raised as to plaintiff’s right to sue, or objection made that the mortgagee is made defendant, instead of being joined as plaintiff. In case of a recovery in the…
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- Acton v. DooleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1885
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