Scottish Union & National Insurance v. Stubbs
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action on insurance policy. Before Judge Hardeman. 'Bibb superior court. November term, 1895. Tbe policy was dated March 14, 1894, and was made for .a term of one year.
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Action on insurance policy. Before Judge Hardeman. 'Bibb superior court. November term, 1895. Tbe policy was dated March 14, 1894, and was made for .a term of one year. Tbe plaintiff alleged, that on April 24, 1894, tbe property so insured was wholly destroyed by fire; that tbe same was largely more valuable than the amount of tbe policy, and under tbe three quarter clause therein tbe company’s liability, after deducting one quarter of tbe loss, amounted to $600; that tbe policy was taken out some time before tbe fire, but was not actually delivered into bis bands until after tbe date of tbe…
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Chief Justice.
This was an action upon a policy of fire insurance on the plaintiff’s stock of merchandise, consisting principally of groceries and provisions, while contained in a one-story frame shingle-roof building occupied as a store, near Macon, Ga. The policy stated that the property was insured “subject to iron safe clause attached”; also that it was accepted subject to such conditions as might be endorsed thereon or added thereto; and upon its face was pasted a strip of paper, which bore the signature of the agents who *760issued the policy, and upon which was printed the “iron…
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