Davis-Wood Lumber Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America

The fundamental question in this case is whether Davis-Wood Lumber Company, Inc., at the time of the insurance and at the’ time of the fire, had an insurable interest in a certain dwelling house, etc., described in the petition. The record shows that Viguerie owned and possessed , a small tract of land, surveyed and platted by Pugh, surveyor, and which may be called the superior title. The limits of the Viguerie tract conflict with, overlapping the limits of another small, adjoining tract, belonging to New Era Realty Company, as surveyed and platted by Barrow, surveyor, and which may be…