Strause Bros. v. Aetna Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil AotioN upon a fire insurance policy, tried before Hoke, J., at December Term, 1899, of the Superior Court of Pitt County, upon facts agreed.
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Civil AotioN upon a fire insurance policy, tried before Hoke, J., at December Term, 1899, of the Superior Court of Pitt County, upon facts agreed. The parties to this action have agreed to submit the decision of this cause to the Court upon the following agreed facts: 1. The plaintiffs are and were on the 1st day of January, 1897, and have been at-all times since said date, residents and citizens of the county of Pitt, State of North Carolina. 2. That defendant is a corporation duly incorporated under and in pursuance to the laws of the State of Connecticut. 3. That on the 15th day of…
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
The defendant is a corporation chartered in Connecticut, and issued its policy of insurance to the plaintiffs, who are residents and citizens of this State, upon property located here. The property was partially destroyed by fire during the existence of the policy, and the amount of the loss has been adjusted, in the manner required by the policy. This action is brought to recover that sum. The only defense set up is that a creditor of the plaintiff in Pennsylvania has instituted an action against him in that State, and attached the liability of the defendant company to said plaintiff by…
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