Lasater v. Equitable Fire & Marine Insurance Co.

OPINION

SHRIVER, Judge.

THE CASE

This is an appeal from a decree of the Chancellor sustaining a motion to dismiss the original bill, made at the conclusion of complainants’ proof. The bill was filed to recover under a homeowner’s policy of insurance which was issued to Katie M. Las-ater, covering the home in which she lived and the contents thereof, her home having been totally destroyed by fire on January 30, 1968.

Defendant denied liability on the ground that the property covered by the policy in question was another house formerly owned by Katie M. Lasater and which was not destroyed by fire.

Fr…