Phœnix Insurance v. Minner
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Randolph Circuit Court. John C. Hawthorne, Special Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellee, Ira A. B. Minner, brought this suit in the Randolph circuit court against the appellant, Phoenix Insurance Company, on a fire insurance policy issued by the appellant to him on the 23d of September, 1893, insuring the appellee for one year from that date against loss by fire and lightning on certain property to the amount of $1,620, apportioned as follows: “Dwelling,…
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Appeal from Randolph Circuit Court. John C. Hawthorne, Special Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellee, Ira A. B. Minner, brought this suit in the Randolph circuit court against the appellant, Phoenix Insurance Company, on a fire insurance policy issued by the appellant to him on the 23d of September, 1893, insuring the appellee for one year from that date against loss by fire and lightning on certain property to the amount of $1,620, apportioned as follows: “Dwelling, $1,000; household furniture, $200; parlor melodeon, $50; sewing machine, $20; barn, $200; and farm produce, $150. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Hughes, J.,
(after stating the facts.) As this cause must be remanded on account of error in modifying the second instruction asked by the defendant, we will say nothing about the evidence, save what in our judgment is necessary to a proper understanding of the opinion of the court.
One of the conditions precedent to the right of recovery by loss by fire, according to provisions in the policy, is as follows: “In case of loss the assured shall give this company immediate notice thereof at its branch office in Cincinnati, Ohio, and within sixty days thereof render under oath to its office…
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