Atkinson v. U.S. Fire Insurance Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

This appeal questions the correctness of an order of his Flonor, Judge Wilson, Circuit Judge, presiding over the Court of Common Pleas in Florence County, directing a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $1,800 against the defendant in an action upon a fire insurance policy covering a dwelling house in the Town of Timmonsville, which belonged to one H. G. Watford, and which was destroyed by fire on December 26, 1921.

It appears that Watford, on about December 15, 1921, purchased a house and lot in the Town of Timmonsville (stated by…