1976, ISBN: 9781231550564

Hardcover

New York: Walker and Company, 1976. Hardcover. G+ (No dj; page edges are beginning to tan lightly; book carries light not-unpleasant aroma from previous owner's perfume or incense; o… More...

New York: Walker and Company, 1976. Hardcover. G+ (No dj; page edges are beginning to tan lightly; book carries light not-unpleasant aroma from previous owner's perfume or incense; otherwise good.). Robin's-egg blue boards, gilt letters on spine, 183 pp., many BW illus. A photography book showcasing select castles and buildings in Europe. Travels through Sweden, Denmark, Russia, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Bavaria, Italy, France, Spain, England, and Ireland., Walker and Company, 1976, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 222 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.5in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 Excerpt: . . . with burning or conlagration; and in this sense it has always been used by judges and elementary writers. ( Webst. Dict. Fire, 4th ed. , -Halls Enc. Ignition; 2 Arnould on Ins. 806, ed. of 1850; 1 Phil. on Ins. 631, 2, ed. of 1840; 1 Bells Com. 626; Hughes on Ins. 390, Am. ed. of 1833; 3 Barrs Rep. 473, 474; 5 id. 183, 193;: Smiths Merc. Law, 340, Am. ed. ) It has been expressly adjudged, moreover, that there must be actual fire or burning, to entitle the plaintifi to recover; and that mere heat or caloric, however destructive, is not enough. (4 Campb. Rep. 360; 6 Taunt. Rep. 436; 2 Marsh. Rep. 130; 1 Bells Com. 626; Hughes on Ins. 390, Am. ed. 1833; 3 Barrs Rep. 470, 473; 1 Phil. on Ins. 632, ed. 1840; 2 Arch. Nisi Prius, 282; Ellis on Ins. 25. ) When damage is done by the mere violence of lightning, it is never called a loss by fire, either in popular language, or according to the nomenclature of science. If the word fire includes lightning in some artificial or scientific sense to be made out by argument or inference, still its popular meaning is to control. (2 H. Black. Rep. 530. II. A loss by lightning, without ignition or combustion, is excluded from the perils insured against by the very terms of the policy in question. Lightning frequently destroys by its mere mechanical eflect; i. e. by its own proper force. Fire is one of its many possible chemical efTects. The policy does not insure against lightning generally, nor against all its possible effects, but only against one of them, viz. fire. That this was the intent is rendered plain by the terms fire by lightning, in the conditions; i. e. fire caused by lightning. -The conditions being expressly made . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<