Pelzer Manufacturing Co. v. Sun Fire Office
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Fraser, Aldrich, and Wallace, JJ., October, 1889, March, 1890, and March, 1891. These were ten separate actions, as stated in the title and in the opinion of this court. First in order of time was the order of Judge Fraser refusing to direct a consolidation where there were two cases against the same defendant. The cases were not all heard together on Circuit, as will hereinafter appear.
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Before Fraser, Aldrich, and Wallace, JJ., October, 1889, March, 1890, and March, 1891. These were ten separate actions, as stated in the title and in the opinion of this court. First in order of time was the order of Judge Fraser refusing to direct a consolidation where there were two cases against the same defendant. The cases were not all heard together on Circuit, as will hereinafter appear. The two cases first stated were heard on appeal at the November term of 1890. A reargument having been ordered, they were again heard, together with the other eight, at November term, 1891. In the case…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIver.
The ten cases above stated, which, for convenience of reference; we have numbered from one to ten consecutively, were heard and will be considered together, as the most material questions are common to them all, though there are questions peculiar to some which do not arise in ail of the cases, which will be noted and considered in the progress of this opinion. They were all actions brought by the plaintiff on policies of insurance, issued by the defendant companies respectively, to recover damages incurred from the destruction…
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