Flanagan v. Camden Mutual Insurance
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On demurrer to narr. John Flanagan and George W. Carpenter brought an action against the Camden Mutual Insurance Association, on a policy of insurance, made by the defendants to one James Stewart, and assigned by said Stewart to the plaintiffs. The declaration is in debt.
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On demurrer to narr. John Flanagan and George W. Carpenter brought an action against the Camden Mutual Insurance Association, on a policy of insurance, made by the defendants to one James Stewart, and assigned by said Stewart to the plaintiffs. The declaration is in debt. It sets out a policy of insurance under seal, made and executed by the defendants to one James Stewart, on the 26th June, 1851, of $1000 for one year, on a certain dwelling house in Camden against loss by fire, in consideration of a deposit of four dollars. The policy stipulates, among other things, that if during the time…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief Justice.
This action is founded on a policy of insurance against loss or damage by fire, made by the defendants under tbeir corporate seal, bearing date on the twenty-sixth of June, 1851. The defendants are incorporated on the principle of mutual insurance. The plaintiffs are mortgagees of the premises insured, and assignees of the policy. The assignment is under seal, and is ap*510proved by the secretary, according to the rules of the company. The original policy continued but for one year, I iving expired on the twenty-sixth of June, 1852. The declaration avers, that it was thrice…
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- Howard v. Albany InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1846
- Mowry v. ToddMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1815
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