Insurance Companies v. Boykin
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina, the case being this: Boykin caused bis house to be insured against fire by one single policy in four different insurance companies to the extent of $10,000, “ each company,” as the .policy declared, “acting for itself, and not one for the other or others.”
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Error to the Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina, the case being this: Boykin caused bis house to be insured against fire by one single policy in four different insurance companies to the extent of $10,000, “ each company,” as the .policy declared, “acting for itself, and not one for the other or others.” The policy contained a provision, that in case of loss the assured should “ render a particular account of such loss, signed and sworn to by him, and when and where the fire originated,” &e. Boykin did accordingly send an affidavit, in which, after giving the particulars of the…
1Opinion of the Court
M-iv Justice MILLER
delivered the opinion of-the court.
1. The exception as to the introduction of testimony relates to four affidavits, which are referred to in the bill of exceptions as “ Exhibit 4.” There is no such exhibit in the record, nor anything else which can be identified as either of these affidavits. We cannot, therefore, determine whether their admission-damaged the defence or not, and the assignment of error based on this exception must be overruled.
2. The assignment which alleges error in the chaige of *436the judge is equally unfortunate. The charge is a very full and elaborate…
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