Old Colony Insurance v. A. Schultz & Co.

On December 18, 1915, A. Schultz & Company, a partnership, were engag'ed in conducting a general store near one of the coal mines of Guernsey county. On the evening or night of that day the building in which they were conducting this store took fire, and the stock of goods contained therein was totally destroyed. At the time of the fire The Old Colony Insurance Company, The Columbiana County Mutual Insurance Company, The Firemen’s Insurance Company, The Richland County Mutual Insurance Company, and The Knox Count}?- Mutual Insurance Company, each had issued a policy of insurance in the amount…