Hall v. Miller

Lucille Miller sued the California Insurance Company on its policy for $950 insuring her Studebaker car against fire, alleging its destruction by fire while the policy was in force, its value at that time to have been in excess of the $950, that she gave the insurance company due notice of the loss, but that it had denied liability and refused to pay on the claim of a cancellation of the policy, of which it had never before given her any notice, and seeking to recover the full $950, together with the statutory penalty of 12 per cent, for delay, attorney’s fees, and costs.

The defendant…