Mechanics' & Traders' Ins. Co. v. Davis
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from McLennan County Court; > George N. Denton, Judge. Action by R. E. Davis against the Mechanics’ & Traders’ Insurance Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRice, J.
This suit was brought by ap-pellee against appellant to recover for a loss sustained by fire to a stock of electrical fixtures, supplies, and fittings covered by a policy of insurance issued by it to him. The defense urged, after a general denial, was failure on the part of appellee to comply with the iron-safe clause in the matter of taking, preserving, and presenting after the fire the inventories required by the policy, and in failing to keep a set of books, showing a complete record of business transactions, and that appellee was not the sole and unconditional owner of the property…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Southern Fire Insurance v. KnightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Royal Insurance v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Bacot v. Phoenix Insurance Co. of BrooklynMississippi Supreme Court · 1909
- Dorroh-Kelly Mercantile Co. v. Orient InsuranceTexas Supreme Court · 1911
- Western Massachusetts Insurance v. RikerMichigan Supreme Court · 1862
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- Hanover Fire Ins. Co. of New York v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1925
- Southern Underwriters v. LookadooCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939
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