American Central Insurance v. Meredith

The plaintiff, W. E. Meredith, procured the issuance of a fire insurance policy by the defendant, American Central Insurance Company, on January 27, 1954, in the sum of $1,000, covering a store building wherein he had formerly kept a post office and operated a mercantile business, and on September 12, 1954, he procured the issuance of an additional fire insurance policy by the defendant, Pacific National Fire Insurance Company, in the sum of $500, covering the same property. Both policies were renewals of earlier policies, and were issued by the same agent, Mr. Paul Holland, of Hollandale,…