Burr v. German Insurance
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. On November 1, 1888, the defendant company, in consideration of $16 premium paid, issued its policy of insurance to one James Carey for the term of one year from November 1, 1888, to November 1, 1889, to the amount of $800, against loss or damage by fire to the following specified property, to wit, $675 on the cranberry boxes and barrels, $75 on three cranberry railroad cars, $50 on cranberry separator,— all stored in the…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. On November 1, 1888, the defendant company, in consideration of $16 premium paid, issued its policy of insurance to one James Carey for the term of one year from November 1, 1888, to November 1, 1889, to the amount of $800, against loss or damage by fire to the following specified property, to wit, $675 on the cranberry boxes and barrels, $75 on three cranberry railroad cars, $50 on cranberry separator,— all stored in the warehouse therein described. The amount of loss or damage was therein agreed to be estimated according to the cash actual…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
It is undisputed that the policy was issued to James Oarey; that after the fire, and before the commencement of this action, the claim for the loss was assigned to the plaintiff by Oarey; that September 14, 1889, and five days prior to the fire, upon an attachment issued in an action in favor of one Stanley and against said Oarey and another, the sheriff levied upon and seized, under said writ, all the cranberries, cranberry boxes and barrels then in the warehouse mentioned in said policy, except the east 1,500 boxes of berries, and except the west 300 boxes of berries, which he did not levy…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hinman v. Hartford Fire InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1874
- Loomis v. Rockford InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
- Schumitsch v. American Insurance Co. of ChicagoWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
- Loomis v. Rockford InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
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- Southern Fire Insurance v. KnightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Welch v. Fire Ass'n of PhiladelphiaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
- Spohn v. National Fire Insurance Co. of HartfordWisconsin Supreme Court · 1926
- Benham v. Farmers' Mutual Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1911
- Struebing v. American InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1929
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