Brant v. Gallup

This was an action on the case, brought by-Daniel B. Brant against Benjamin E. Gallup and Francis B-Peabody for negligence in failing to keep a certain building belonging to the plaintiff, known as Dearborn Theatre, insured against fire according to the terms of a certain alleged agreement in that behalf between the plaintiff and the defendants. The declaration alleges, in substance, that on the first day of April, 1869, the defendants, under the firm name of Gallup & Peabody, were engaged in the business of loan agents in the city of Chicago; that on that day the defendants had procured for…