Briscoe v. National Union Fire Insurance

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

Edward D. Briscoe, Jr. sued National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the Pulaski County Circuit to recover on a fire loss insurance policy issued to Briscoe by National. The court found that Briscoe had no insurable interest in the property at the time of the fire and had sustained no loss under the policy. Judgment was rendered for National and on appeal to this court Briscoe relies on the following point:

“Mr. Briscoe had an insurable interest in the property at the time of the fire.”

The record reveals that on November 30, 1967, Mr. Briscoe…