Cobb & Seal Shoe Store v. Aetna Insurance
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Purdy, J., Abbeville, Action by Cobb & Seal Shoe Store against .¿Etna Insurance Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.- cite: The corporation cannot maintain a suit on this policy: Cook on Corp., 709; 13 Mass., 406; 140 U. S., 304; 94 Ga., 104, 289. Breach of iron safe clause avoids the policy: 151 U. S., 452; 1 May on Ins., sec. 156; 98 Ga., 754; 128 Ala., 451; 56 S. E., 506; 60 S'. W., 661; 90 Va., 290. Invoices do not constitute cm inventory: 56 S-.…
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Before Purdy, J., Abbeville, Action by Cobb & Seal Shoe Store against .¿Etna Insurance Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.- cite: The corporation cannot maintain a suit on this policy: Cook on Corp., 709; 13 Mass., 406; 140 U. S., 304; 94 Ga., 104, 289. Breach of iron safe clause avoids the policy: 151 U. S., 452; 1 May on Ins., sec. 156; 98 Ga., 754; 128 Ala., 451; 56 S. E., 506; 60 S'. W., 661; 90 Va., 290. Invoices do not constitute cm inventory: 56 S-. E., 505; 111 Ga., 622; 61 S. W., 962; 121 Ga., 228; 80 S. W., 283; 77 S'. W., 434. There mas no wcdver shown in this case:…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The plaintiff recovered judgment on defendant’s policy of fire insurance covering a stock of shoes in a store at Edgefield, S. C. Motions made by the defendant for direction of a verdict and for a new trial were refused, and the main points involved in the appeal relate to the grounds on which these motions were based.
1 The plaintiff was duly incorporated under the name of Cobb & Seal Shoe Store, but did business under the name of Cobb & Seal, and the policy was issued in the name of Cobb & Seals instead of the proper corporate name.…
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- Knobelock v. Germania Savings BankSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1897
- Madden & Co. v. Phoenix Ins.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1904
- Hayes v. United States Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
- Kingman v. Lancashire Ins.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1899
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