Insurance Co. of North America v. Evans

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J.:

This was an action brought by Sarah E. Evans to recover $1500 from the Insurance Company of North America on a contract insuring a stock of drugs and other merchandise kept in McLouth, which was destroyed by fire. A trial resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $30, and she promptly moved for a new trial upon several grounds —among them were irregularity in the proceedings of the court and abuse of discretion, accident and surprise, that the verdict was not sustained by the evidence and was contrary to law, newly-discovered…