Queen Insurance v. Young
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court, of Montgomery. Tried ‘before tbe Hon. John P. Hubbard. This action was brought by Mrs. Effie Young, a married woman, against the Queen Insurance Company of Liverpool, a foreign corporation; and was founded on a policy of insurance on a stock of goods against loss or damage by fire, which the plaintiff had effected in her own name with the defendant. The policy was dated November 13, 1886, for $2,000, and the risk continued for one year.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court, of Montgomery. Tried ‘before tbe Hon. John P. Hubbard. This action was brought by Mrs. Effie Young, a married woman, against the Queen Insurance Company of Liverpool, a foreign corporation; and was founded on a policy of insurance on a stock of goods against loss or damage by fire, which the plaintiff had effected in her own name with the defendant. The policy was dated November 13, 1886, for $2,000, and the risk continued for one year. The stock of goods was badly damaged by fire in March, 1887, and the' action was brought on the 20th September, 1887. The…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
The action is brought by appellee, on a policy insuring a stock of goods against loss or damage by fire. On the evidence, there can be no controversy as to the destruction of the goods, or their value. It is only necessary to consider the questions arising on the special defenses. These are: 1st, want of insurable interest; 2d, concealment of a fact material to the risk; and, 3d, forfeiture of the policy.
The averments of the plea, setting up. want of insurable interest, are, that plaintiff was a married woman, under the disabilities of coverture, at the time of the issuance of the policy, and…
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