Pope v. Glens Falls Insurance
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal 'from tlie Circuit Court of Madison. Tided before tlie Hon. H. C. Speake. This action was brought by the appellant, Lucy D. Pope, against the G-lens Falls Insurance Company, and counting upon a policy of fire insurance issued by the the defendant to the plaintiff, sought to recover the value of a house destroyed by fire, which was insured by said policy.
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Appeal 'from tlie Circuit Court of Madison. Tided before tlie Hon. H. C. Speake. This action was brought by the appellant, Lucy D. Pope, against the G-lens Falls Insurance Company, and counting upon a policy of fire insurance issued by the the defendant to the plaintiff, sought to recover the value of a house destroyed by fire, which was insured by said policy. The question presented on appeal arises on the pleadings, and the facts in reference thereto are sufficiently stated in the opinion. From a judgment in favor of 'the defendant the plaintiff appeals, and assigns as error the several…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
The action is on a fire insurance policy, the complaint being in Code form.
*358Tbe defendant filed a number of special pleas, averring in substance, that contrary to 'tbe terms and conditions of tbe policy sued on, plaintiff concealed tbe fact that tbe property was not hers; that ber interest in tbe same was not truly stated; that ber interest was not tbe sole and unconditional ownership, and that tbe subject of insurance was a building on ground not owned by tbe insured in fee simple.
To these several pleas, plaintiff replied in substance, that one Joseph E. Cooper was tbe agent of defendant;…
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- Syndicate Insurance v. CatchingsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
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- Western Assurance Co. v. StoddardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
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