Stokes v. Liverpool & London & Globe Ins.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Watts.

This action was commenced in June, 1922, to recover $4,000 and,interest thereon at the legal rate from November 23, 1921, on account of a contract of insurance issued to the plaintiffs by the defendant for damages sustained by the plaintiffs by the destruction by fire of the insured property on November 23, 1921. Liability was denied, first, on the ground that there had been an assignment of the policy in violation of its terms and by an amended answer a further defense was allowed over plaintiffs objection; said defense as well as…