Robinson v. Aetna Insurance
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Montgomery City Court. Tried before the Hon. A. D. Sayre. This was an action upon a policy of fire insurance which covered a stock of goods and store fixtures.
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Appeal from the Montgomery City Court. Tried before the Hon. A. D. Sayre. This was an action upon a policy of fire insurance which covered a stock of goods and store fixtures. The policy contained a clause requiring the insured to take a complete inventory of the stock on hand at least once in each calendar year, otherwise rendering the policy void, it 'also provided that a set of books should be kept and that such books and inventory 'should be kept in a fire-proof safe or in some place not exposed to a fire that would destroy the building in which the insured property was located. Before…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
Counsel for plaintiff who is appellant here state in their written brief on file, that ’The only question on this appeal is, whether the court committed error in holding, that notice to the agents, Warren & Stewart, of the loss of the inventories, was notice of loss to the defendant. If it is error, of course, the court was correct in awarding the new trial. On the other hand, if it is incorrect, the court should not have granted the new trial.”»
If Warren & Stewart were the general agents of the company, with power to transact any and. all busi*480ness, it is not denied (that the condition of the…
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