Shaw v. Standard Fire Insurance

The plaintiff, Shaw, seeks recovery for a total fire loss upon two insurance policies issued to him by the defendant insurance company upon his dwelling house situated in Pasco. A trial upon the merits in the superior court for Franklin county resulted in verdict and judgment awarding to plaintiff recovery for the full amount of the policies, from which the defendant has appealed to this court.

Contention is made in behalf of appellant insurance company that the trial court erred to its prejudice in *577permitting the trial to proceed, over the objections of its counsel, without first bringing…