Security Mutual Insurance v. Woodson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Hempstead Circuit Court; Joel D. Conway, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a súit on a policy of fire insurance.
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Appeal from Hempstead Circuit Court; Joel D. Conway, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a súit on a policy of fire insurance. The property insured was a stock of general merchandise valued at $800, furniture and fixtures including iron safe for the store and office, valued at $50, and store building, valued at $150. The complaint set up the contract of insurance, and alleged the loss, on the 14th of November, 1903, of the property by fire, a compliance by plaintiff with the terms of the policy, to entitle it to recover, and prayed for the amount of the policy. The answer denied all the…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts.) 1. Appellant contends that there was no proof of loss, as required by the terms of the policy. But appellant denied any liability whatever, and refused to pay. “Proof of loss,” therefore, was waived. Greenwich Ins. Co. v. State, 74 Ark. 72.
2. It is next contended that the appellee did not keep a set of books as required by the policy, which contained the standard provision on that subject, and did not comply with the iron safe clause. Such books as the appellee kept were not destroyed. The proof tended to show that a book was kept showing how many goods…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Greenwich Insurance v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Germania Insurance v. BromwellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1896
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