Wardle v. Townsend
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Ionia. (Smith, J.) Assumpsit by the receiver of a mutual fire insurance company to recover an assessment. Defendant brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChamplin, J.
Clarence B. Wardle was appointed receiver of the Home Mutual Eire Insurance Company, of Ionia, Clinton, and Montcalm counties, a corporation organized under Act No. 82, Laws of 1873.
The defendant took insurance in this company, and received five policies, of the following dates: April 18, 1879; September 8, 1879; March 25, 1882; another one of the same date; and one August 25, 1882.
The company had suffered losses which it neglected to pay; and on the nineteenth of February, 1884, the Commissioner of Insurance, acting under the authority conferred by section 15 of said act, made an examination…
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