Snow v. Carr
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before Hon. Harry T. Toülmin. The appellee, Mary Carr, brought this action against the .appellant, Snow, to recover the insurance on a piano she had placed with him for sale or rent, and which had been destroyed by fire while in his possession.
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Appeal from Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before Hon. Harry T. Toülmin. The appellee, Mary Carr, brought this action against the .appellant, Snow, to recover the insurance on a piano she had placed with him for sale or rent, and which had been destroyed by fire while in his possession. The complaint, which was filed December 9th, 1875, alleged that Snow had policies of insurance which covered the piano in question, and that he had collected from the insurance companies the full amount of the policies, and had not paid plaintiff her .share of said insurance. On the trial, it was shown that in…
1Opinion of the CourtManning, J.
This case, like that of Snow v. Stoutz, decided at the last term, arose out of the destruction of plaintiff’s piano, by the burning of the store of defendant Snow in August, 1874, the piano being then therein for sale or rent. Mr. Snow was a seller of musical instruments and other merchandize, his own, and on commission for others. The two cases presented several questions common to both; but those upon which the judgment of Stoutz against Snow, in the Circuit Court was reversed, do not arise upon this record.
*368On the trial of that cause, upon objection made by plaintiff, evidence offered by…
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