Bray v. Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Aotxon by A. J. Bray and another against the Virginia Eire and Marine Insurance Co., heard by Judge Q. W. Ward and a jury, at the August Term, 1905, of the Superior Court of PERSON County. Erom'a judgment for the plaintiffs, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWalxer, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiffs to recover the amount of a policy of insurance for five hundred dollars, issued to them on the 19th day of December, 1904, and by which the defendant agreed to insure their stock of merchandise from loss by fire. The only defense pleaded was that the plaintiffs had not observed and kept the provisions of what is known in such policies as the “Iron Safe Clause,” in that they had not taken an inventory, or kept books as therein directed. The clause in this policy is in the usual form, and requires of the assured: (1) That he shall take a complete…
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