Ætna Insurance v. Mount
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of, first district, Hinds county. Hon. David M. Miller, Judge. Mount, appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; the insurance company, appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor defendant appealed to the supreme court.
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From the circuit court of, first district, Hinds county. Hon. David M. Miller, Judge. Mount, appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; the insurance company, appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor defendant appealed to the supreme court. The plaintiff, a merchant engaged in business in the town of Smithland, in Point Coupe Parish, Louisiana, at which point was located his store building containing a stock of goods and merchandise, took out three policies of fire insurance with the defendant company, as follows: one policy, dated July 1, 1904, numbered 3,694,…
1Opinion of the CourtMates, J.
The controversy in this ease is as to policies No. 3,694 for the sum of $1,000, and No. 3,786 for $1,750, covering a stock of *662merchandise owned by appellee. It was conceded in the argument of this case, by counsel representing appellant, that the other policy mentioned in this record, No. 4,050, is not in controversy, and therefore what we say only applies to the two policies.in question.
The first question which we consider is: Was there a breach of the iron safe clause contained in the policy? The policy of insurance contained the following, clause with reference to that subject, viz.:
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mitchell v. Mississippi Home InsuranceMississippi Supreme Court · 1894
- Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance v. SheffyMississippi Supreme Court · 1894
- Mississippi Home Insurance v. DobbinsMississippi Supreme Court · 1902
- Mississippi Fire Ass'n v. DobbinsMississippi Supreme Court · 1902
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- Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance v. ShapoffCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1918
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