Leonard v. American Insurance

This was a suit by the appellant against the appellee upon a certain policy of insurance, whereby the appellee undertook and agreed to pay all loss and damage which the appellant might sustain, by reason of fire or lightning,, to certain described property, not exceeding in amount the sum of $2,350. It was alleged in his complaint, that the appellant was the owner of the insured property, and that the same was destroyed by fire, without design or gross negligence on his part, during the lifetime of the policy of insurance. The appellee answered in three paragraphs, of which the first was a…