Cheshire Brass Co. v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages from a fire insurance agent for wrongfully causing the cancellation of certain policies of fire insurance on the plaintiff’s property, and for refusing to disclose the names of the companies in which the property was insured, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where a demurrer to the reply was sustained in part {Burpee, J.) and the cause was afterward tried to the court, Greene, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant,…
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Action to recover damages from a fire insurance agent for wrongfully causing the cancellation of certain policies of fire insurance on the plaintiff’s property, and for refusing to disclose the names of the companies in which the property was insured, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where a demurrer to the reply was sustained in part {Burpee, J.) and the cause was afterward tried to the court, Greene, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff. In October, 1908, the plaintiff. owned certain real and personal property constituting a…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
The original complaint left it doubtful whether the plaintiff had attempted to found its action upon a breach of contract to procure insurance, or upon the defendant’s tort in refusing to give the names of the insurance companies in which he had procured insurance. After an intimation by the court that the complaint was insufficient, two amendments, which are referred to in the statement, were added to the complaint. As amended, it is to be regarded as an attempt to state a cause of action sounding in tort; the wrongs complained of being, first, the defendant’s refusal to give the names of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Grace v. American Central InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Hermann v. Niagara Fire InsururanceNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Ely v. ParsonsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1886
- Lawrence v. CannavanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1903
- Cooke v. BarrSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1872
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- Ferguson v. SaboSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
- Schmeltz v. TracySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
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