Brough v. Presidential Fire Marine Ins. Co.

JANVIER, Judge.

James Brough and his wife Clementine were the owners of a dwelling and the furniture and contents contained therein when, on April 27, 1932, both building and contents were totally destroyed by fire. They did not have actual title to the land on which the building was located, but were holding it under a document familiarly known as a “bond for deed,” which they had obtained from one Ben L. Lewis on August 16, 1924, and which provided that when they should pay $635 in installments, the said Lewis would deliver to them a good and valid deed. Lewis himself, when he executed the…