Legal Opinion

Kearney v. Washtenaw Mutual Fire-Insurance

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided April 16, 1901PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from Washtenaw; Kinne, J. Bill by Thomas P. Kearney against the Washtenaw Mutual Fire-Insurance Company to set aside an award. From an order overruling a demurrer to the bill, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, C. J.

The appeal in' this case is from an order of the circuit court for the county of Washtenaw, in chancery, overruling the demurrer of the defendant to the complainant’s bill of complaint. The bill of complaint sets up that the complainant is the owner of a farm of 240 acres in the county of Washtenaw; that on the 1st day of January, 1890, the defendant issued to the complainant a policy of insurance; that a grain barn and its contents, covered by the insurance policy, were destroyed by fire on the 1st day of February, 1899; that, in compliance with a by-law of the defendant, the complainant was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Phœnix Insurance Co. v. BadgerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Bailey v. Ætna InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1890

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Palmer v. Patrons' Mutual Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1922
  2. Aaberg v. Minnesota Commercial Men's Ass'nSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1922
  3. Early v. Ingham Circuit JudgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1911

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