Mercantile Ins. v. Holthaus

The defendant in error sued as assignee of Matilda Morley and Mary L. Ayers to recover a loss which they suffered under a policy of fire insurance issued by the company to them September 17, 1877. She recovered in the court below and the case comes up on exceptions. The assured were mother and daughter, and being widows they lived together in the same house. The subject of insurance was personal property consisting of household furniture, provisions, clothing apparel, and other articles, and some of it they owned in severalty. The fire occurred on the 6th of December, 1877, and preliminary…