Edgefield Mfg. Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Míímmingbr, J., Edgefield, Action -by the Edgefield Mfg. Co. v. Maryland Casualty ’Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: As to search for lost paper: 37 S. C., 285; 26 N. E., 640. Depositions de bene esse were improperly ruled out: 38 S. C., 385; 30 S. C., 153; 60 S. C., 201; 57 S. C., 1; 65 S. C., 1, 502; 74 S. C., 575. As to the construction of the policy: 56 N. W. R., 332; 18 At. R., 614; 45 N. W. R., 703; 24 S. E. R., 334; 27 Pac.
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Before Míímmingbr, J., Edgefield, Action -by the Edgefield Mfg. Co. v. Maryland Casualty ’Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: As to search for lost paper: 37 S. C., 285; 26 N. E., 640. Depositions de bene esse were improperly ruled out: 38 S. C., 385; 30 S. C., 153; 60 S. C., 201; 57 S. C., 1; 65 S. C., 1, 502; 74 S. C., 575. As to the construction of the policy: 56 N. W. R., 332; 18 At. R., 614; 45 N. W. R., 703; 24 S. E. R., 334; 27 Pac. R., 77; 3 S. E. R., 349; II Ency., 19; 10 N. Y. App. Div., 9; 89 Hun., 456. As to waiver: 29 Ency., 1091, 1103; 55 Mo. App., 324; 57…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The Edgefield Manufacturing Company obtained a. policy of insurance in the Maryland Casualty Company to protect it against claims for accidents to its employees. In the case of Jennings v. Edgefield Manufacturing Company, 72 S. C., 411, 52 S. E., 113, the plaintiff recovered a judgment of thirty-five hundred dollars for personal injuries. After payment of the judgment, Edgefield Manufacturing Company brought this action on the insurance policy to recover fifteen hundred dollars, the insurance being limited to that amount for the death…
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- Moulor v. American Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Norris v. ClinkscalesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1896
- Jennings v. Edgefield Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
- Sample v. London & Lancashire Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1896
- Stoddard v. HillSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1893
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