Hix v. Sun Insurance
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Miller Circuit Court; Jacob M. Carter, Judge; The title to the property has not changed. 48 So. 22; 89 Ark. hi; 67 Ark. 553. Title acquired at public sale is not divested until the sale is confirmed. 74 N. W. 270; 53 Neb. 816. Transfer from one partner to another does not affect the policy. 133 111. 220. A vendor’s lien does not work a forfeiture. 77 Ark. 27; note to 20 E. R. A. (N. S.) 776. The verdict was properly directed. 63 Ark. 200; 67 Ark. 584; 72 Ark. 51.…
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Appeal from Miller Circuit Court; Jacob M. Carter, Judge; The title to the property has not changed. 48 So. 22; 89 Ark. hi; 67 Ark. 553. Title acquired at public sale is not divested until the sale is confirmed. 74 N. W. 270; 53 Neb. 816. Transfer from one partner to another does not affect the policy. 133 111. 220. A vendor’s lien does not work a forfeiture. 77 Ark. 27; note to 20 E. R. A. (N. S.) 776. The verdict was properly directed. 63 Ark. 200; 67 Ark. 584; 72 Ark. 51. If incumbrances are not. disclosed, the policy is void. 44 S. E. 404; 44 Md. 95; 120 S. W. 714; 10 Fed. 232; 106 N. W.…
1Opinion of the Court
McCueeoch,
C. J. Appellant instituted separate actions against two fire insurance companies on policies of insurance, one on his household goods for $750, and the other on his dwelling house for $400. All of the property covered by both policies was totally destroyed by fire during the period specified in the policies. The two oases were consolidated, as involving the same issues, and were tried together. The court gave a peremptory instruction to the jury to return a verdict in favor of each defendant.
Both policies are of the standard form, and liability thereunder is denied on account of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Beene v. BeeneSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1898
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