Fire Insurance Companies v. Felrath
Supreme Court of Alabama
Actions on Policies of Insurance against Loss Toy Fire. Appeals from the Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. ¥m. E. Clarice. These three cases, involving the same facts and questions, were argued and submitted together.
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Actions on Policies of Insurance against Loss Toy Fire. Appeals from the Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. ¥m. E. Clarice. These three cases, involving the same facts and questions, were argued and submitted together. Each of the actions was brought by Joseph Felrath, and, was commenced on the 31st July, 1883; the defendants being the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company of London and Edinburgh, the Ger-mania Fire Insurance Company of New York, and the Hanover Fire Insurance Company of New York. Each action was founded on a policy of insurance against fire, issued by…
1Opinion of the Court
. STONE, C. J.
1. Can Felrath maintain these actions in his own name? We think not, for the following reasons: The policies were taken out in the name, and in favor of James Clark, who owned the property. The gross sum of the policies was fifteen hundred and fifty dollars. Felrath had a mortgage on the property, but the policies were neither assigned nor transferred to him, so as to constitute them his property, nor to make him, Felrath, the party assured. The only interest Felrath had is shown on the face of the policies themselves, and is expressed in this language : “ Loss, if any, payable…
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