Perry v. Mechanics' Mutual Ins.

This case 'involves less than $5,000, and we have therefore carefully examined the defendant’s exceptions to the rulings and charge of the presiding judge. The property insured was the sole and separate estate of the wife, and the first exception is to the refusal to admit evidence tending to show that the husband, in his wife’s absence, and without her complicity, wilfully set fire to the buildings. In this ruling we find no error. The title of the wife was held under chapter 152 of the General Statutes of Rhode Island, which we have discussed in the case against the Baneuil Hall Insurance…