Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance v. Ende
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Hunt. Tried below before the Hon. F. B. Sexton, special judge. This is a suit brought by appellee to recover $2,500 with interest, on a policy of insurance against loss by fire upon a certain three-story brick building in Greenville, Texas, known as the Ende hotel, issued by appellant on the 16th day of December, 1882, which building appellant claims to have been destroyed by fire, on the 7th day of April, 1883. This the appellant denies, and claims that the…
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Appeal from Hunt. Tried below before the Hon. F. B. Sexton, special judge. This is a suit brought by appellee to recover $2,500 with interest, on a policy of insurance against loss by fire upon a certain three-story brick building in Greenville, Texas, known as the Ende hotel, issued by appellant on the 16th day of December, 1882, which building appellant claims to have been destroyed by fire, on the 7th day of April, 1883. This the appellant denies, and claims that the building fell, not as the result of fire, but from other causes, and that by one of the conditions on which the policy was…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
The matters in reference to which the witness, Bell, was interrogated, with a view to impeaching his credibility, were not relevant to the issue to be tried, and the court below should not have admitted the evidence complained of. 1 Greenl. Ev., 462.
It does not follow, however, that this furnishes sufficient ground for the reversal of the judgment.
An inspection of the record does not show that his evidence, if it stood in every way unimpeachable, would have benefited the defendant.
It is to some extent unintelligible, but as it stands in the record it cannot be said…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Van Schoick v. . Niagara Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Security Insurance v. FayMichigan Supreme Court · 1871
- Miner v. Phœnix InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1871
- Ætna Live Stock, Fire & Tornado Insurance v. OlmsteadMichigan Supreme Court · 1870
- Michigan State Insurance v. LewisMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
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- Aetna Insurance v. HolcombTexas Supreme Court · 1896
- East Texas Fire Insurance v. BrownTexas Supreme Court · 1891
- Dossett v. Franklin Life Ins.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1925
- Republic Insurance Co. v. Silverton Elevators, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1973
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