Phoenix Ins. Co. v. Jordan

Clysta Jordan and Lonise Staples, colored women, filed the original bill in this cause to recover under a fire insurance policy which was issued to them by defendant, Phoenix Insurance Company. The issues made by the original pleadings were: (1) complainants were not the sole and unconditional owners of the insured property; (2) the Insurance Company had waived its right to rely upon the requirement of the policy that the insureds must be the sole and unconditional owners of the insured property, or the Insurance Company was estopped to rely upon that condition in the policy; (3) complainants…