Daugherty v. Stuyvesant Ins. Co.

These consolidated causes were instituted for the purpose of recovering on two fire policies of $600' each. The chancellor entered decrees for the face value of the policies, with interest and twenty-five per cent, penalties. The Court of Appeals affirmed in all respects, except as to the penalties. Both parties filed petitions for writs of certiorari.

Complainants, Charles E. Daugherty and wife, negroes, on March 27, 1928, purchased the property involved, located in Memphis, from Dan Whitney for $1,850. They made a small cash payment and executed monthly notes for the balance, secured by a…