Queen Insurance Co. v. Miracle

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clay

— Affirming.

On March 3, 1926, the New York Underwriters’ Insurance Company insured against fire in the sum of $500 the residence G-. W. Miracle was erecting in the city of Barbourville. On March 30, 1926, the Queen Insurance Company of America issued him a $1,000 fire policy on the same building. The residence having been destroyed by fire, Miracle brought separate suits to recover on the policies. The cases were heard together, and at the close of plaintiff’s evidence the court sustained the motion of each of the defendants for a peremptory instruction. The…