Graham v. Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Witherspoon, J., Columbia, fall term, 1895. Action by John M. Graham and G. H. Tilton against American Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia. The following is the charge of the Circuit Judge, excepting the formal parts: Mr. Foreman, I charge you that any one may insure property against loss by fire in which he has an interest, the insurance of which is not forbidden by law on the ground of public policy.
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Before Witherspoon, J., Columbia, fall term, 1895. Action by John M. Graham and G. H. Tilton against American Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia. The following is the charge of the Circuit Judge, excepting the formal parts: Mr. Foreman, I charge you that any one may insure property against loss by fire in which he has an interest, the insurance of which is not forbidden by law on the ground of public policy. Now, what is this insurable interest? What interest does the law require in order to entitle the party who insures to recover loss upon the policy? Well, as I find it stated in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
The defendant, on the 5th da}' of April, 1894, issued to the plaintiff, John M. Graham, its policy of insurance, wherein, for a premium of $ 15, it agreed to indemnify against loss by fire “his stock of material for *215the,manufacture of cotton and woolen hosiery, raw, wrought, and in process thereof, while contained in the two-story brick and shingle roof building situated within the walls of the South Carolina Penitentiary, at Columbia, S. C. Any loss that may be ascertained and proved due the assured shall be payable to G. H. Tilton,…
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