Cleveland v. Home Ins. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

The defendant Home Insurance Company of New York insured the plaintiffs against loss or damage by fire to their dwelling house in College Place, a suburb Of the City of Columbia, to the amount of $1,000, for a term of one year from December 1; 1925. The defendant Fidelity Fire Insurance Company insured the same building in the sum of $2,-000, in two policies of $1,000 each, one of the policies being for a term of one year from May 6, 1926, and the other for one year from April'10, 1926. The value of the building was fixed in each of…