Hughes v. Palatine Insurance Company

(dissenting) : I think that the errors upon the trial of this case demand a new trial, and, therefore, dissent from the affirmance announced in the opinion of Mr, Justice Watts.

The plaintiff held two policies of fire insurance upon his stock of goods; one was issued by the Palatine Company on September 30, 1920, for $2,000, the other by the London & Lancashire Company on December 23, 1920, also for $2,000. The stock of goods was destroyed by fire on June 27, 1921, within the period of insurance. The companies declined to pay the loss, and on October 10, 1922, separate suits were instituted.…