Doyle v. Phœnix Insurance

By the Court, Wallace, C. J.:

The plaintiff brought this action upon three several policies of insurance by which the defendant had insured her against loss or damage by fire upon certain property of hers. The defendant not appearing, a default and final judgment for the plaintiff was entered below, and after an ineffectual effort made there to set aside the default and to obtain leave to defend the action, the defendant brings this appeal.

The complaint contains three counts, each of which sets forth in haec verba the policy, for a breach of which it professes to proceed, and the first point…