Egan v. British & Foreign Marine Insurance
Illinois Supreme Court
-Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Abner Smith, Judge, presiding.
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-Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Abner Smith, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District affirming a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county in favor of appellee, against appellant, growing out of a marine insurance policy issued by appellee on the interest of appellant in the hull of the propeller Armour, a lake freighter. The Armour was owned in equal parts by appellant, Egan, Capt. B. P. Fitzgerald and Philip D. Armour, and in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ricks
The suit was in assumpsit for money had and received by appellee for the use of appellant. The plea was the general issue. The libel against the Marion was brought by the owners of the Armour without in any manner consulting or asking the co-operation of the insurers of the hull. The insurance on the cargo was to the three partners of the Armour, and the insurers and insured had a common interest in the recovery, but the insurance of appellant was his individual affair, which may, to some extent, account for the readiness of all the cargo insurers to become participants in the libel. There is…
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- Phœnix Insurance v. Erie & Western Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Hall & Long v. Railroad Cos.Supreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Whiting ex rel. Sun Mutual Insurance v. Independent Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1860
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. GlennyIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
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