Western Nat. Life Ins. v. Williamson-Halsell-Frasier Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Pottawatomie County; Roy Hoffman, Judge. Action by the Williamson-Halsell-Frasier Company against the Western National Life Insurance Company to recover on a fire insurance policy. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
AMES, C.
W. J. Grace was the insured. The plaintiff was one of his creditors. Grace’s stock of merchandise was totally destroj^ed by fire. A day of two after the fire Grace assigned his claim against the insurance company to the plaintiff as collateral security. The plaintiff sued and recovered judgment.
The first error assigned is that the court erred in giving the following instruction:
“The jury is instructed that the failure of the insured to produce the books and inventories as required by the policy of fire insurance means a failure to produce them if they are in existence when…
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