North River Ins. Co. of New York v. Daniel

ALEXANDER, Justice.

This suit was brought by C. R. Daniel against the insurance company to recover on a fire insurance policy. Judgment was for plaintiff, and the defendant appealed.

The appellant’s principal defense was that appellee Daniel had employed one Herbert Lee Smith to burn the building. Appellant offered in evidence the written ex parte confession of the said Herbert Lee Smith, in which he admitted forming a conspiracy with Daniel to burn the building for $25 and that later he set fire to and burned the building. Appellant also offered to prove that certain footprints found near the…