Badgett v. Hartford Fire Insurance

— This suit was instituted by plaintiff before a Justice of the Peace, in Butler County.- A trial was had in that court and the case reached the Circuit Court of Butler County on appeal. A change of venue was granted and the cause sent to the Circuit Court of Ripley County, where a trial was had at the regular November Term, 1943, resulting in a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $154.22. After an unsuccessful motion for a new trial defendant appealed to this court.

Plaintiff filed his formal pleading alleging among other things that he was duly insured by defendant against loss or injury to…