A Treatise on the Law of Fire Insurance, Adapted to the Present State of the Law, English and American: With Copious Notes and Illustrations, Volume 1Banks & Brothers, 1878 - 922 pages |
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... defendant . It was alleged in the complaint , and the testimony tended to prove , that a preliminary contract was made by which it was agreed that the defendant should insure the plaintiff upon the property against damage by fire , for ...
... defendant . It was alleged in the complaint , and the testimony tended to prove , that a preliminary contract was made by which it was agreed that the defendant should insure the plaintiff upon the property against damage by fire , for ...
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... defendant company exchanged notes of the terms of insurance ; that the defendant company made an entry of the insurance in its order book , and in its ledger , the number of the intended policy and its date , the columns for the ...
... defendant company exchanged notes of the terms of insurance ; that the defendant company made an entry of the insurance in its order book , and in its ledger , the number of the intended policy and its date , the columns for the ...
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... defendant intended to insure that building . The policy was issued on the 1st of July , 1871 , to Thomas Foley , on his own application , loss , if any , pay- able to Mead and Taft , the plaintiffs . The property insured was described ...
... defendant intended to insure that building . The policy was issued on the 1st of July , 1871 , to Thomas Foley , on his own application , loss , if any , pay- able to Mead and Taft , the plaintiffs . The property insured was described ...
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... defendant company agreed to deliver the plaintiff a policy covering cer- tain property , the terms and conditions of ... defendant's agent , and on the next day a policy was delivered and received by the plaintiff , dated as of the ...
... defendant company agreed to deliver the plaintiff a policy covering cer- tain property , the terms and conditions of ... defendant's agent , and on the next day a policy was delivered and received by the plaintiff , dated as of the ...
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... defendant until Sept. 9th . On the 8th of Sept. not having heard from the plaintiffs , the defendants sold the wool . The court , at nisi prius , told the jury that , as the delay in the receipt of the offer was due to the negligence of ...
... defendant until Sept. 9th . On the 8th of Sept. not having heard from the plaintiffs , the defendants sold the wool . The court , at nisi prius , told the jury that , as the delay in the receipt of the offer was due to the negligence of ...
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Page 476 - Dec. 581, an applicant for insurance had described the property in a written application as " his house," and it was so described in the policy. The policy contained the condition: "If the interest in the property to be insured is not absolute, it must be so represented to the company, and expressed in the policy in writing; otherwise the insurance shall be void.
Page 154 - ... inasmuch as the written words are the immediate language and terms selected by the parties themselves for the expression of their meaning, and the printed words are a general formula adapted equally to their case and that of all other contracting parties upon similar occasions and subjects.
Page 733 - ... if the assured shall have, or shall hereafter make, any other insurance on the property hereby insured, or any part thereof, without the consent of the company written hereon...
Page 153 - ... as by the known usage of trade or the like, acquired a peculiar sense distinct from the popular sense of the same words...
Page 447 - ... building or premises shall be occupied in any way so as to render the risk more hazardous than at the time of insuring, such insurance shall be void and of no effect.
Page 478 - In that case the policy provided that "if the interest in the property to be insured be a leasehold interest, or other interest not absolute, it must be so represented to the company, and expressed in the policy in writing, otherwise the insurance shall be void;" and the facts were that the assured was in possession under a parol agreement to purchase.
Page 297 - And the said applicant hereby covenants and agrees to and with said company, that the foregoing is a just, full and true exposition of all the facts and circumstances in regard to the condition, situation, value and risk of the property to be insured, so far as the same are known to the applicant, and are material to the risk...
Page 210 - ... happen or take place by means of any invasion, insurrection, riot or civil commotion, or any military or usurped power, explosion, earthquake or hurricane.
Page 708 - ... fire, not concerned in the loss as a creditor or otherwise, nor related to the assured, stating that he has examined the circumstances attending the loss; knows the character and circumstances of the assured, and verily believes that the assured has without fraud sustained loss on the property insured to the amount which such magistrate or notary public shall certify.
Page 212 - Conn. 459, the question was presented in an action on a policy of fire insurance which provided "that the insurers would not be liable for loss or damage, happening by means of any invasion, insurrection, riot, or civil commotion, or of any military or usurped power...