Insurance Co. v. Thornton

This case was disposed of on a former day of this term in an oral opinion. Since then 'the plaintiff in error has submitted an earnest petition for a rehearing, in which it is insisted that this Court, by wrong processes, had reached a judgment which is highly prejudicial to petitioner. In order to guard against all misunderstanding of the exact points determined by this Court, it is thought best to file this written opinion, which will - embrace not only the questions disposed of orally, but those that have been presented and considered on the rehearing.

The facts of this case, as disclosed…