Gillon v. Northern Assurance Co.
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Solano County and from an order denying a new trial. A. J. Buckles, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
GRAY, C.
This is an action on a fire insurance policy. The defendant had judgment, and the plaintiff appeals from an order denying him a new trial. The policy was issued to Mary McNulty, and by it her two frame houses and one shed were insured for one thousand and twenty-five dollars, and her household furniture and wearing apparel for three hundred dollars. Thereafter Mary McNulty, by deed, conveyed the said houses and shed and land on which they were situated to her brother, P. Gillon, to avoid the expense of probating her estate. A few days later Mary McNulty died, and thereupon her said…
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