Hanover Fire Insurance v. Crawford
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before Hon. J. R Tyson. This suit was brought on a policy of insurance by W. H. Crawford against the Hanover Fire Insurance Company. The facts are fully stated in the opinion. — The contract of insurance was entire; and parties must stand by their contracts as made. — Phoenix Insurance Go. v. Copeland, 90 Ala. 386; Dwight v. Insurance■ Go., Í03 N. Y. '341; 1st Biddle on Ins., Sec. 572; Alabama Gold Life Ins.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before Hon. J. R Tyson. This suit was brought on a policy of insurance by W. H. Crawford against the Hanover Fire Insurance Company. The facts are fully stated in the opinion. — The contract of insurance was entire; and parties must stand by their contracts as made. — Phoenix Insurance Go. v. Copeland, 90 Ala. 386; Dwight v. Insurance■ Go., Í03 N. Y. '341; 1st Biddle on Ins., Sec. 572; Alabama Gold Life Ins. Go. v. Thomas, 74 Ala. 578-; Royal Ins. Oo\ v. Lubelsky, 86 Ala. 530. (2). The hazard was identical and" for that reason' the contract…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, C. J.
— The plaintiff in the court below brought suit against the defendant upon a policy of insurance in which he was allowed to recover the value of the storehouse and fixtures therein, two of the subjects covered by the policy, and'not permitted to recover the value of the stock of goods kept’in the house on ác-count of his failure to comply with that provision of the policy known as the iron safe clause. Both plaintiff and defendant prosecute appeals to this court from the judgment.
The defendant’s assignments of error are' determinable upon the decision of the question as to whether the policy…
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