Light & Co. v. Insurance Co.

This is a suit upon a policy of fire insurance. The property covered by the policy comprised horses, carriages, and harness employed in complainant’s livery stables on Broad street, in the city of Chattanooga. The amount of the indemnity was $600, distributed as follows, to wit: $275 on live stock, $275 on rolling stock, carriages, buggies, etc., and $50 on the harness, combs, etc. On the night of November 13, 1898, the entire property was destroyed by fire. The defendant company resisted the payment of the' policy upon the ground of a breach of the following stipulations in the contract of…