Bankers & Shippers Ins. Co. of New York v. Blackwell

This is the second appeal in this case 255 Ala. 360, 51 So.2d 498. On this appeal, as on the former, the trial was had on counts 3 and 4. They are for present purposes the same in legal effect. The suit was on transportation (called cargo inland) insurance, alleged to cover certain lawnmowers which plaintiff had contracted with the owner to transport by truck from Alabama to Texas and other states. The owner was not a party to the suit, but it was by the truck owner for loss or damage to the lawnmowers in transit. The loss was within the coverage of the policy as amended. The defense in part…