American Central Insurance v. Nunn
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Hopkins County. The insurance company, having prosecuted error from a judgment recovered against it by Nunn on a policy of insurance, on affirmance obtained writ of error from the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
Nunn instituted this suit in the District Court of Hopkins County to recover of the insurance company the amount of a policy issued to him, whereby, it insured against fire “his stock of liquors and other saloon merchandise for $2000” and “his bar fixtures and furniture for $1000,” all of which were situated in a building in Paris, Texas, and were totally destroyed by fire on the night of January 7, 1902. The policy contained the usual iron safe clause in which, among other things, it was required of the insured to keep a set of books which “should show a complete…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hayes v. United States Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
- American Central Insurance v. Bass Bros.Texas Supreme Court · 1897
- Keet-Rountree Dry Goods Co. v. Mercantile Town Mutual InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1903
- Oshkosh Match Works v. Manchester Fire Assurance Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1896
- Sun Mutual Insurance v. DudleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1898
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