Bayly v. London & L. Ins. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana
[At law. Action by G. M. Bayly and Pond against the London & Lancashire Insurance Company. On motion for new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
This action was a suit on a policy of insurance to recover for loss declared sustained by plaintiffs on their stock of groceries, by fire, on the 29th of May, 1874. The amount claimed in the petition was $9,195.35. and the jury returned a verdict for $8,714.87.
1. The first ground upon which the motion is based is as follows: That ’under the express provisions of the policy the plaintiffs were prohibited from keeping in their store, and selling, saltpetre, in any quantities whatever, and the evidence established clearly and beyond doubt that plaintiffs did keep in their…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Woodard v. Paine & LakeNew York Supreme Court · 1818
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