Supreme Commandery of the Knights of the Golden Rule v. Ainsworth

Decided 1882-12-15

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BBICKELL, C. J. A contract of insurance is defined as “ an agreement by which one party, for a consideration (which is usually paid in money, either in one sum, or at different times during the continuance of the risk), promises to make a certain payment of money, upon the destruction or injury of something in which the other party has an interest. In fire insurance and marine insurance, the thing insured is property; in life or…

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