Arroyo & Valiente v. North British & Mercantile Insurance

delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.

Arroyo & Valiente, a mercantile partnership of Vega Baja, bad an insurance contract with tbe North British & Mercantile Insurance Company, Ltd., domiciled in London, England, and doing business in Porto Rico at the time refer*160red to in the pleadings in this case. By that contract, entered into on March 13, 1924, and contained in a fire insurance policy, the insurance company, later the defendant, bound itself to indemnify the plaintiff up to the amount of eight thousand dollars for any damage caused by fire to a. quantity of tobacco belonging to the…