Alexander City v. Continental Insurance Co.

This is an appeal by the City of Alexander City, a municipal corporation, from a decree in equity overruling the city’s demurrer to a bill of complaint.

The only grounds of demurrer are that there is no equity in the bill, that it states no cause of action against this defendant, and that whatever claim is sought to be asserted is barred by the statute of limitations of one year.

The bill is primarily for a declaratory judgment against Claude and Virginia Chappell. Section 156 et seq., Title 7, Code. It alleges in substance that the Chappells are the beneficiaries of an explosion policy of…