Picoraro v. Insurance Co.

This is a suit on policies of insurance issued by the defendant on a building and furniture belonging to the plaintiff, which were destroyed by fire. The plaintiff claimed the total amount of insurance, $8,000, on the building, and claimed $1,000, being half of the amount of insurance, on the furniture; but his attorney learned, after filing the suit, that most of the furniture insured was in another building, and he therefore remitted all but $243.05 of the claim for insurance on the furniture.

The insurance company set up two defenses to the suit, viz.;(1) That there was a large quantity…