Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Montgomery County v. Pickett

The appeal in this case is from a judgment recovered on a fire insurance policy issued by the appellant and covering property owned by the appellee.

The property, which consisted of a stock of goods in a “general store” kept by the appellee at Florence, Maryland, was entirely destroyed by fire on the 12th of March, 1909, and the insured and insurance company being unable to agree on the amount of the loss, suit was brought on the policy in the Circuit Court for Howard County. The case, at the instance of the defendant, was sent to the Circuit Court for Baltimore County for trial, and the…