Hanover Fire Insurance v. Drake

Margaret C. Drake and H. T. Drake, sometimes hereinafter called the plaintiffs, brought this action at law against The Hanover Fire Insurance Company, hereinafter called the Insurance Company, to recover under a fire insurance policy the loss of and damage to certain of their household furniture and personal effects, resulting from a fire which occurred at the residence of the plaintiffs in Portsmouth.

The declaration contained two counts. The first alleged that the plaintiffs were entitled to recover under the terms of the policy the damage to or loss of their property, amounting to…