Southern Home Ins. Co. of the Carolinas v. Boatwright

BROWN, Justice.

This is an action of assumpsit by the insured to recover the value of a dwelling house and its contents, consisting of household goods and personal effects, alleged to have been destroyed by fire on August 22, 1933, and insured agkinst such destruction by a policy of insurance issued by the defendant on the 15th day of August, 1933.

The defendant filed two pleas in abatement, alleging that the plaintiff had failed of compliance with the requirements of the policy to furnish proof of loss. The elements of the proof of loss required, by the stipulations pleaded, are that within…