Ligon's v. Insurance Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM WILSON. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Wilson County. Robert Cantrell, J. Suit by Ligon’s Administrators, upon a fire insurance policy field by tlieir intestate in the defendant Company, to recover for loss of the insured property — a livery stable. The materia] matters of defense were that the insured had failed to comply with the conditions of policy with reference to furnishing preliminary proofs of loss to the insurer.
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PROM WILSON. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Wilson County. Robert Cantrell, J. Suit by Ligon’s Administrators, upon a fire insurance policy field by tlieir intestate in the defendant Company, to recover for loss of the insured property — a livery stable. The materia] matters of defense were that the insured had failed to comply with the conditions of policy with reference to furnishing preliminary proofs of loss to the insurer. Among the conditions contained in the policy are the following: 1. “Persons sustaining loss or damage by fire shall forthwith give notice of said loss to the…
1Opinion of the CourtFolkes, J.
This is an action upon a fire policy for one thousand dollars, issued by defendant upon a building, the property of plaintiffs’ intestate. It was tried by the Circuit .Judge without the intervention of a jury, and judgment rendered in favor of the defendant.
Plaintiffs have appealed, assigning errors.
The defendant interposed three defenses, which, briefly stated, are as follows:
First — Want of title in plaintiffs’ intestate to the property.
Second — Other insurance in excess of the amount permitted in the policy.
Third — Prematurity of suit and non-liability, by reason of the failure of the…
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