Hartford Fire Ins. v. Morris

KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.

In May, 1924, Emily Morris owned in fee a considerable parcel of land in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, on which were several cottages, a dwelling house, a bath house, two garages, and other buildings, and apparently an inn. The dwelling house' was insured against loss by fire for $20,000, the contents for $6,000, under nine policies of insurance (all in the same form and with identical provisions), five of which policies were respectively issued by the plaintiffs in error, two by the Hartford Company, and one each by the Phoenix, the Fidelity-Phoenix, and the Niagara. Each…