Norris v. Monarch Fire Ins. Co.

The complainants filed their original bill in the Chancery Court of Shelby County against the defendants, seeking- a recovery upon a fire insurance policy in the sum of $3,000. They alleged that they are and were the owners, of certain property that was destroyed by fire and that the defendant insurance company, by its agent Geo. Holley, had issued to them a policy of insurance covering the property for $3,000; that the premiums were duly paid and proper proofs of loss were seasonably filed; that after the policy was issued they discovered that a mistake had been made in that it did not show…