Lion Fire Insurance v. Heath & Blackwell

JAMES, Chief Justice.

The fire consumed an undertaker’s stock, consisting of undertaker’s goods, hardware, etc., which was insured by three policies, one for $700 on the hardware, and two for $1000 each on the stock generally, one the policy in question, and the other a policy in the American Central Insurance Company of St. Louis. The verdict and judgment were for the full sum of the policy.

The first, fourth, sixth, and seventh assignments are grouped in appellant’s brief. The propositions, briefly stated, are as follows: (1) Where the policy sued on provides, in effect, that within sixty…