In the case of Eli Clark, William Green, and Hugh McGill v. The President, Directors, and Company of the Manufacturers' Insurance Company (Defendants), three plaintiffs brought a suit against an insurance company for damages caused by a fire that destroyed their property. The defendants argued that they were not liable as there was no proof of negligence on their part in causing the fire. However, after reviewing evidence presented to them from both sides regarding whether or not negligence had been committed by either party involved in this dispute over liability for damages resulting from the fire incident at hand; it was determined that due to lack of sufficient evidence proving any negligent behavior on behalf of either side involved in this case - neither party could be held responsible for said damages incurred as a result thereof.

In the dissenting opinion of Eli Clark, William Green, and Hugh McGill v. The President, Directors, and Company of the Manufacturers' Insurance Company case, Justice McLean argued that a contract between two parties should be enforced as written regardless of any moral considerations or public policy implications. He believed that if an insurance company had agreed to pay for certain losses in exchange for premiums paid by its customers then it was obligated to do so even if those losses were caused by negligence on behalf of the insured party. Furthermore he argued that courts should not interfere with contracts unless there is clear evidence they are invalid due to fraud or other illegal activity. In this particular case he felt there was no such evidence present and thus the court should have upheld the original agreement between both parties instead of ruling against them based on their own personal beliefs about what constituted fair behavior from an insurance company.