American Central Insurance v. Antram
Mississippi Supreme Court
Lrom the circuit court of Yazoo county. Hon. David M. Miller, Judge. Antram and others, appellees, were plaintiffs in the court below; the insurance company, appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiffs’ favor .the defendant appealed to the supreme court.
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Lrom the circuit court of Yazoo county. Hon. David M. Miller, Judge. Antram and others, appellees, were plaintiffs in the court below; the insurance company, appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiffs’ favor .the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The school trustees of the town of Mora, Mississippi, owned a school building, and contracted with appellee, Antram, to make some alterations and repairs thereon, for which they agreed to pay him $1,232. On February 18, 1904, while Antram was engaged in doing this work, he took out a builder’s risk insurance policy with the…
1Opinion of the CourtTruly, J.
The third instruction for the appellees is as follows: “The court further instructs the jury that even though they may believe from the evidence that Antram made false statements, and by such false statements secured the policy in this case, and that the same would not have been issued without such false statements, they will still find for the plaintiff if they further believe from the evidence that after the fire the defendant’s local agent, Eggleston, accepted the premium for the company after its adjuster, Dillingham, had investigated the fire and loss and had full knowledge of all the…
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