Electrova Co. v. Spring Garden Insurance
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Peebles, J., at March Term, 1911, of LeNoib. ■ This is a civil action to recover on a policy of insurance on a piano.
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Appeal from Peebles, J., at March Term, 1911, of LeNoib. ■ This is a civil action to recover on a policy of insurance on a piano. These issues were submitted to the jury: 1. Did the defendant insure the piano of the plaintiffs, as alleged in the complaint? Answer: Yes- 2. If so, what sum, if any, are plaintiffs entitled to recover of the defendant for its destruction by fire, if it was destroyed ? Answer: $248.75. Destroyed by fire. 3. Was the piano an electric one, played by putting a nickel or dime in the slot? Answer: Yes. 4. Was said piano at the time it was burned placed by plaintiffs in…
1Opinion of the CourtBbowN, J.
Tbc Electrova Company is a corporation engaged in the manufacture and sale of a piano which plays tunes by mechanical means when a nickel is inserted in a slot.
On 11 April, 1910, plaintiff’s sales agent, Eackley, placed an instrument in a house of ill-fame in Kinston belonging to Mabel Page, for trial, with the view to sell it to her. It was not placed there to be operated for plaintiffs, but only with the purpose to induce the proprietress to buy it eventually. About 6 p. m. on 12 April the house caught fire and the piano was practically destroyed by the flames. The charred body of the piano…
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