Nicholas v. Granite State Fire Insurance

Riley, President:

Plaintiff, Naomi Nicholas, filed her notice of motion for judgment in the Circuit Court of Cabell County against Granite State Fire Insurance Company, for the recovery of $2,000.00, the face amount of a fire insurance policy covering her dwelling house in the City of Huntington. Defendant prosecutes this writ of error to a judgment in plaintiff’s favor, based upon a jury verdict in the full amount of the policy.

The policy in question covered a four-room, one-story, metal-roofed, frame dwelling house. On July 18, 1941, a fire occurred in the insured premises. Plaintiff and…