Niagara Fire Insurance v. Elliott
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Lynchburg, rendered November 19th, 1881, against the defendant, the plaintiff in error here, in an action on a policy of insurance, wherein J. A. Elliott and W. T. Doss, partners as Elliott & Doss, were plaintiffs, and the Niagara Fire Insurance Co. was defendant. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
This is an action upon a policy of insurance to recover of the defendant company their pro rata share of the loss upon three vehicles which were destroyed by fire, in the city of Lynchburg, *963on the 27th day of February, 1887 ; the residue being claimed of the Fire Association of Philadelphia, a company in which the plaintiffs also held a policy. At the time of the fire these vehicles were not in the livery and sales stable where they were kept, except when in use, but were several hundred yards off, at a carriage repair-shop, whither they had been sent for repairs. The language of the policy…
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