Butler v. Security Insurance Co. of New Haven

This is an action in assumpsit brought by appellee against the Security Insurance Company of New Haven, Connecticut, appellant, on a declaration of one count. The declaration sets out the policy in haec verba providing for insurance against direct loss or damage by fire, except as provided in said policy for the term of one year from the 23rd day of February, 1924, at noon, to an amount not exceeding $2,500 on the stock of merchandise and barber shop furniture and fixtures.

The policy was of the so-called standard form, and provided among other things that the company should not be liable…