Cady Land Co. v. Philadelphia Fire & Marine Insurance

The parties were unable to agree upon the amount of loss. Thereupon, pursuant to policy provisions, the defendant companies each demanded an appraisal and appointed one Brockman as their appraiser on March 23d, the plaintiff appointing one Shober on March 25th. These two met on April 2d and neither then nor thereafter agreed upon a selection of a third person to act as umpire such as is provided for in the policies. On April 11th, on application of the insured, the judge of the municipal court at Green Bay appointed one Taylor as umpire, by an order signed one second after that day commenced…