Tisdale v. Three Insurance Companies
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Covington county. Hon. Stone Deavours, Chancellor. The Insurance Company of North America, the Aetna Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, and the Philadelphia Underwriters Insurance Company of Philadelphia, appellees, were complainants, and Tisdale, appellant, was defendant in the court below. Prom a decree favorable to complainants, the insurance companies, the defendant appealed to the supreme court.
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From the chancery court of Covington county. Hon. Stone Deavours, Chancellor. The Insurance Company of North America, the Aetna Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, and the Philadelphia Underwriters Insurance Company of Philadelphia, appellees, were complainants, and Tisdale, appellant, was defendant in the court below. Prom a decree favorable to complainants, the insurance companies, the defendant appealed to the supreme court. Tisdale was the owner of a storehouse in the town of Collins, in which he carried on a drug business. He was insured in three different companies against loss…
1Opinion of the Court
Whitfield, O. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellant was insured in three companies against loss by fire. One company insured him to the amount of $1,000 on his merchandise, and to the amount of $300 on the furniture and fixtures in the store. Each "of the other two companies insured the building for $1,250, and the stock for $750. All of the policies were of the standard form, and contained the same provisions and stipulations. The fire occurred, on the 13th of January, 1903, and destroyed the building, the furniture, and fixtures wholly, but only partially destroyed the stock…
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