Aetna Insurance v. Stambaugh-Thompson Co.
Ohio Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Mahoning County. On the 5th day of December, 1904, the defendant in error brought suit against the plaintiff in error to rec'over on a policy of fire insurance issued by it on the 20th day of May, 1904, to be operative from noon of that day until noon of the 1st day of April, 1905. The policy covered a stock of general merchandise, such as hardware, glass, cutlery, nails, mantels, stoves, harness, etc.,, also store' and office furniture, show…
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Error to the Circuit Court of Mahoning County. On the 5th day of December, 1904, the defendant in error brought suit against the plaintiff in error to rec'over on a policy of fire insurance issued by it on the 20th day of May, 1904, to be operative from noon of that day until noon of the 1st day of April, 1905. The policy covered a stock of general merchandise, such as hardware, glass, cutlery, nails, mantels, stoves, harness, etc.,, also store' and office furniture, show cases, plumbers’ tools, supplies, etc. The liability of the insurance company should not exceed $3,500, and there was…
1Opinion of the CourtPrice, J.
The material facts of this case are not seriously in dispute. The first paragraph of the answer makes denial of some of the averments of the petition, but thé balance of the answer gives ,an affirmative statement of what the defendant, the Aetna Insurance Company, claims the real transactions between it, the Stambaugh-Thompson Company and The Connecticut Fire Insurance Company were, preceding the fire. ^
One V. J. Lamb, on the first day of April, 1904, and for some time prior thereto, had been a local agent for The Connecticut Fire Insurance Company, and was located in the city of Youngstown,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Crown Point Iron Co. v. Ætna InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Insurance Company v. McCainSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Townsend v. CorningNew York Supreme Court · 1840
- Train v. . Holland Purchase Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Dodge v. HopkinsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1861
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