Schroeder v. Springfield Fire & Marine Ins.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Watts, J., Florence, September, 1895. Action by S. C. Schroeder against The Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company. Motion of nonsuit granted.
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Before Watts, J., Florence, September, 1895. Action by S. C. Schroeder against The Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company. Motion of nonsuit granted. Plaintiff appeals on following exceptions: I. Because the Court below erred in refusing to allow the witness, Meares, to answer the question: “Did you at that time, or about that time, notify the agent of the Springfield Insurance Company of this matter?” meaning the matter of the Greenwich policy, and in holding that said question was not competent. II. Because the Court below erred in holding as incompetent, and in ruling out the answer…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
This is an action on a policy of fire insurance, in which the second paragraph of the complaint is as follows: “That on the 19th day of February, A. D. 1892, in consideration of the payment by the plaintiff to the defendant of $16.50, the defendants, by their agents, duly authorized thereto, made their policy of insurance in writing, and thereby insured the plaintiff against loss by fire for the term of one year, to the amount of $1,000, Upon all her household furniture,” &c. The principal defense relied upon by the defendant, and…
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