Home Protection v. Whidden
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Henry. Tried before the Hon. J. M. Carmichael. This action was brought by-the appellee, J. J. Whidden, against the Home Protection of North Alabama, was founded upon a policy of fire insurance, and sought to recover for the loss, by fire, of merchandise, a storehouse and fixtures, insured in said policy.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Henry. Tried before the Hon. J. M. Carmichael. This action was brought by-the appellee, J. J. Whidden, against the Home Protection of North Alabama, was founded upon a policy of fire insurance, and sought to recover for the loss, by fire, of merchandise, a storehouse and fixtures, insured in said policy. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and, by special pleas, that the assured was not entitled to recover in the present action, because he failed to observe the conditions and requirements of said policy. Upon the trial of the case the plaintiff introduced…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
This is an action by the plaintiff, *206Whidden, upon a fire insurance policy, to recover for the loss of merchandise &c. sustained by fire. The assignments of error are based upon the admission of evidence, against the objection of the defendant, and upon a charge given for the plaintiff, and the refusal to charge the jury as requested by the defendant.
The court permitted the plaintiff to introduce in evidence, against the objection of the defendant, writings which were admitted to be mere copies of letters, written by one professing to be an agent of the company to another agent. The plaintiff…
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