Stanley v. Aetna Insurance
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. John M. Elliott, Judge. The court erred in compelling appellant, on cross-examination, to testify as to the burning of her property in Louisville, Ky. 1 Greenl. Ev. § 52; 1 Tayl. Ev. § 317; 11 Am. & Eng. Enc.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. John M. Elliott, Judge. The court erred in compelling appellant, on cross-examination, to testify as to the burning of her property in Louisville, Ky. 1 Greenl. Ev. § 52; 1 Tayl. Ev. § 317; 11 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law, 503; 65 Ark. 284; 109 Mass. 457; 18 N. Y. 589; 59 Yt. 315; 58 Ark. 468-9; 44 N. H. 419; 59 Ark. 105; 34 Ark. 469; 39 Ark. 278; 45 Ark. 165. It was error to admit evidence tending to show that appellant’s husband had been indicted for the burning of the insured building. 34 Ark. 257; 43 Ark. 99; 59 Ark. 473; 60 Ark. 450; 76 N. Y. 288; 7 N. Y. 378;…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, C. J.
This is a suit on a fire insurance policy, instituted in the .Jefferson circuit court on the 13th day of February, 1896, by the appellant, Mrs. E. E. Stanley, the holder of the policy, against the appellee, the Aetna Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, for the sum. of $1,370, damages for the total loss of her house and furniture, and injury to the fencing,— her residence in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, — by fire on the night of the 6th of December, 1895.
The defendant company answered, admitting ’the issuance and delivery of the policy of insurance to the plaintiff, and the occurrence of the…
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