National Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford v. Carter
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, Trinity County; S. W. Dean, Judge. Suit by W. T. Carter and another against the National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
This suit was brought by defendants in error to' recover from National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., plaintiff in error here, $5,500 under a fire insurance policy for that amount issued by it in their favor, as owners, on a two-story, metal roof brick building at Trinity, Tex., destroyed by fire on January 1, 1915.
The insurance company defended on the ground that the interest of Carter & Bro. was not the sole and unconditional ownership of the property, and that they'were not the owners in fee simple of the ground on which the building stood, as required by provisions in the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Columbian Insurance Co. of Alexandria v. LawrenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1829
- Wagner & Chabot v. Westchester Fire InsuranceTexas Supreme Court · 1899
- Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance v. EndeTexas Supreme Court · 1885
- Wm. Skinner & Sons' Ship-Building & Dry-Dock Co. v. HoughtonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1900
- Crescent Ins. v. CampTexas Supreme Court · 1885
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