American Central Insurance v. Pepper
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Talladega City Court. Heard before Hon. Cecil Browne. Action by J. H. Pepper against the American Central Insurance Company. Judgment by default for failure to answer interrogatories, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Talladega City Court. Heard before Hon. Cecil Browne. Action by J. H. Pepper against the American Central Insurance Company. Judgment by default for failure to answer interrogatories, and defendant appeals. Tlie second interrogatory is as follows “Did the defendant on the 6th day of March, 1912, or at any other .time from the 6th day of March, 1912, up to including the day yon filed your answers to these interrogatories, belong to or was the defendant a member of or in any way connected with the Southeastern Underwriters’ Association of Atlanta, Ga., or any other place?” “Has the…
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, P. J. —
This was an action on a fire insurance policy. The complaint alleged that at the time of the making, of the policy sued on, or subsequently and before the time of the trial of this case, the defendant was a member of .or in some way connected with a tariff association, or such like thing, or that the defendant had made an agreement or had an understanding with some other person, corporation, or association engaged in the business of insurance, as agent or otherwise, about a particular rate of premium which should be charged or fixed for some kind or class of insurance risk…
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