Legal Opinion
Evans v. Century Insurance Company
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided November 16, 1942No. 15467PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Associate Justice Fisitburne:
In an action on a fire insurance policy issued to the plaintiff on September 7, 1940, he recovered a judgment for $978.75.
The insurance covered real estate and personal property as follows, viz.: $600.00 on a one-story frame building in which the plaintiff operated a small mercantile business; $300.00 on his stock of merchandise, and $200.00 on store furniture and fixtures. The building and its contents were totally destroyed by fire on the night of December 30, 1940.
The defendant denied liability, on the ground that…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Fludd v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1906
- Pearlstine v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1906
- Doyle v. HillSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1906
- Trakas v. Globe Rutgers Fire Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1927
- Spradley v. Georgia H. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1919
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3Cited by8 opinions
- South Carolina Insurance v. WhiteCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1990
- Johnson v. South State InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1986
- American Mutual Liability Insurance Company v. Thomas & Howard Company of Spartanburg, South CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1956
- Johnson v. South State InsuranceCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1985
- Travelers Fire Insurance Co. v. FradyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
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