New Brunswick Fire Ins. Co. v. Nichols
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County ; C. B. Smith, Judge. Suit on fire insurance policy by Wade H. Nichols against the' New Brunswick Fire Insurance Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. A lessee of real estate, holding an option to purchase, is not the sole and unconditional owner nor fee-simple owner thereof, within the meaning of these terms as used in the standard New York fire insurance policy.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County ; C. B. Smith, Judge. Suit on fire insurance policy by Wade H. Nichols against the' New Brunswick Fire Insurance Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. A lessee of real estate, holding an option to purchase, is not the sole and unconditional owner nor fee-simple owner thereof, within the meaning of these terms as used in the standard New York fire insurance policy. Joyce on Insurance, 2044; Finlon v. National Union Fire Ins. Co-., 65 Or. 493, 132 Pac. 712; Brown v. Commercial Fire Ins. Co., 86 Ala. 189, 5 South. 500; Richardson…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
Wade H. Nichols, plaintiff and appellee, brings this suit against the New Brunswick Fire Insurance Company, a corporation, on a fire insurance policy. The building burned was used for a moving picture show or theater, and the fire occurred on November 23,1919. The amount of the policy is $1,500, and was dated September 25, 1919. There was judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals from it.
[1] There was a demurrer to the complaint as amended, which was overruled by the court, and this ruling of the Court is assigned as error; but we cannot find where it is argued and insisted-on in…
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