Lockwood v. Middlesex Mutual Assurance Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit on a policy of insurance; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County, and tried to the jury on the general issue, with notice, before Quiver, J. Verdict for the plaintiff, and motions in error and for a new trial by the defendants. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
On the 19th day of November, 1869, the defendants issued a policy of fire insurance to W. B. and R. B. Lockwood, for a period of three years. At the termination of that period the defendants issued a certificate of renewal for another period of three years. In that certificate the name of W. B. Lockwood is now erased. Whether it was erased before or after delivery is one of the questions in the case. During the second term of the policy the property insured was destroyed by fire.
*556The plaintiff brought an action on the policy and at the trial had a verdict. Several grounds of defense were…
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- Warner v. Middlesex Mutual Assurance Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1852
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