Towne v. Fire Ass'n
Appellate Court of Illinois
•Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. The appellee, by its policy of insurance dated September 80, 1884, insured appellant to the amount of §2,500, against loss by fire on household furniture, wearing apparel, etc., “ contained in the two-story and basement French roof brick dwelling situated No. 1840 Calumet Avenue, Chicago.”
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•Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. The appellee, by its policy of insurance dated September 80, 1884, insured appellant to the amount of §2,500, against loss by fire on household furniture, wearing apparel, etc., “ contained in the two-story and basement French roof brick dwelling situated No. 1840 Calumet Avenue, Chicago.” At the time the policy was issued, appellant was the owner of the building described, was residing and continued to reside there, until November 1, 1885, when John B. Carson took possession of the building (except a…
1Opinion of the CourtGarnett, P. J.
The contention of appellant is, that the temporary removal of wearing apparel from its ordinary place of deposit, designated in a policy of insurance, for purposes reasonably incident to its use, does not suspend the risk assumed by the insurer. There are respectable authorities which sustain this proposition, as in Longueville v. The Western Assurance Company, 51 Iowa, 553, where the action was to recover the value of wearing apparel which was described in the policy as contained in a certain building in Dubuque, Iowa. At the time of the loss the insured was wearing the garments in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Longueville v. Western Assurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1879
- Noyes v. Northwestern National InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
- Annapolis & Elkridge Railroad v. President of Baltimore Fire InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1870
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- Traders Insurance v. The Northern Pacific Express Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1897