Transcontinental Ins. Co. of New York v. Greenwood

GALLAGHER, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by Frank Greenwood, joined by his wife, Lucy May Greenwood, against the Transcontinental Insurance Company of New York, to recover on a fire insurance policy the sum of $500 for the total destruction of their dwelling house and $500 for the destruction of their household furniture contained therein. The parties will be designated as in the trial court. The defendant alleged that the fire which 'destroyed said property did not occur under circumstances which fixed liability on it,, and that the policy sued on provided that the insured should be…