Ætna Insurance v. Lipsitz
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action upon insurance policy. Before Judge Bawlings. Tattnall superior court: September 7, 1906. On April 15, 1904, the AEtna Insurance Company issued to Wolf Lipsitz a policy for $3,000 on a stock of merchandise in the town of Collins, to continue in force for one year. A fire occurred March 13, 1905, greatly damaging the goods; and upon refusal of the company to pay the loss, the assured entered suit on the poliey. Breach of the “iron-safe clause” was pleaded.
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Action upon insurance policy. Before Judge Bawlings. Tattnall superior court: September 7, 1906. On April 15, 1904, the AEtna Insurance Company issued to Wolf Lipsitz a policy for $3,000 on a stock of merchandise in the town of Collins, to continue in force for one year. A fire occurred March 13, 1905, greatly damaging the goods; and upon refusal of the company to pay the loss, the assured entered suit on the poliey. Breach of the “iron-safe clause” was pleaded. Upon the trial the-evidence submitted in behalf of plaintiff tended to show that on the night of the fire he was in the town of…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, C. J.
(After stating the facts.)
1. The only complaint referred to in the brief of counsel for plaintiff in error as to an inventory is, that a portion of the one taken February 24, 1904, was in Hebrew; it not being stated what portion. We have carefully examined the inventory set out in the record and closely scrutinized the brief of evidence, and have failed to find anything tending to show that any part of the inventory was in Hebrew. We must, therefore, of course, hold that such complaint was without merit.
2. The point most strenuously insisted upon by plaintiff in ■error is, that, under the…
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