Hartford Fire Ins. v. Small
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to tlie Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia. This was an action at law by A. B. Small against the Hartford Eire Insurance Company upon a policy of fire insurance. In the circuit court there was a verdict for plaintiff, and the court rendered judgment thereon. Defendant thereupon sued out this writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BRUCE, District Judge.
A. B. Small sued the Hartford Eire Insurance Company for $2,400 and interest, claimed as a loss by (ire which occurred February 20, 1893, which loss was covered by a policy of insurance issued bv the defendant company on the 12th day of March, 1892, to McBride & Kichols, who transferred the policy after loss to plaintiff, A. B. Small. He also sued for $000 damages and $300 attorney’s fees, upon the ground that the defendant company had refused to pay the loss for more than 60 days after it became due and had been demanded, and that said refusal was in bad faith and…
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