National Liberty Insurance Co. of America v. Jones

Under review is a judgment which rests upon a contract for fire insurance charged to have been broken.

W. A. and J. J. Jones of Southampton county are partners trading as South Quay Peanut Company. That company bought and sold peanuts and from time to time placed such insurance upon its stock as prudence prompted. Owing to recent purchases, J. J. Jones, late one evening in the latter part of May, 1933, through his telephone called up G. E. Pillow, and told him that he wanted some additional insurance. Pillow worked for and with W. O. Bristow and had been with him since 1919. Bristow was agent…