Sample v. London &c. Insurance
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Hudson, J., Edgefield, November, 1893. This was an action by Mrs. E. B. Sample against the Londod and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company, of Liverpool, England. The case carne to this court on the following exceptions by plaintiff: I. Because his honor erred in directing and instructing the jury to find a verdict for the defendant. II.
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Before Hudson, J., Edgefield, November, 1893. This was an action by Mrs. E. B. Sample against the Londod and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company, of Liverpool, England. The case carne to this court on the following exceptions by plaintiff: I. Because his honor erred in directing and instructing the jury to find a verdict for the defendant. II. Because his honor erred in deciding that an action on this insurance policy issued April 6th, 1891, and the property covered thereby was destroyed by fire May —, 1891, which policy provides that no action thereon shall be maintainable unless suit is…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
The plaintiff having entered into a contract with the defendant in April, 1891, whereby for a valuable consideration the defendant issued a policy of insurance, wherein the defendant agreed to pay to the plaintiff $250, in case a certain wooden building therein specified, should be destroyed by fire within the twelve months next ensuing the date of the contract, and the building in question having been destroyed by fire in May, 1891; on the 5th July, 1892, this action was commenced in the Court of Common Pleas for Edgefield County, in…
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