McClish v. Superior Fire Insurance

This is a suit by complainant, W. N. McClish, against the defendant the Superior F(ire Insurance Company to recover on a policy of insurance insuring him against loss by fire to the amount of $500.

The Chancellor rendered a decree in favor of the complainant for the amount of the policy with interest and costs but declined to grant a recovery for the statutory penalty. The defendant has appealed and assigned errors. The complainant has filed the record for error in order to ask a decree for the penalty.

Defendant’s assignments of error are as follows:

The Chancellor erred in holding:

1st. That…