Davenport v. New England Mutual Fire Insurance

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1850-10-15

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Fletcher, J. This is an action of assumpsit on a policy of insurance, dated March 3d, 1846, by which the defendants, a company established by the laws of. New Hampshire, insured a building of the plaintiff’s in New Bedford for $2500, for the term of three years. The building was destroyed by fire on the 15th of May, 1848. *341 The case was opened to the…

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