Graham v. Aetna Insurance

Taylor, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises out of an action to recover upon four fire insurance policies issued to plaintiff by the four defendant insurance companies. The four policies were procured simultaneously through one insurance agency and covered a building and the contents thereof in which plaintiff operated a restaurant. Upon trial in the Court of Common Pleas for Horry County, the jury returned a verdict in the amount of $17,701.28 and defendants appeal.

On or about October 28, 1960, a fire totally destroyed the insured building and its contents and plaintiff in his complaint alleges…