Coggins v. . Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actioN to recover on a policy of insurance, tried before McNeill, and a jury, at May Term, 1906, of JacesoN Superior Court. There was evidence tending to show that plaintiff, having conducted for several years a general mercantile business at Eernhurst, Jackson County, N. C., in May, 1904, established a subsidiary business at Erastus, N. 0., two miles distant from the other store, and conducted same till the loss hereafter referred to.
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Civil actioN to recover on a policy of insurance, tried before McNeill, and a jury, at May Term, 1906, of JacesoN Superior Court. There was evidence tending to show that plaintiff, having conducted for several years a general mercantile business at Eernhurst, Jackson County, N. C., in May, 1904, established a subsidiary business at Erastus, N. 0., two miles distant from the other store, and conducted same till the loss hereafter referred to. This second enterprise was carried on in a small storehouse, 18 by 25 feet, and a side room, 7 by 25 feet, mailing the entire floor space 25 by 25, the…
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
Defendant resists recovery in this case by reason of alleged breach of certain stipulations of the policy com prehended under the general term, “the iron-safe clause.” These stipulations, as contained in the present policy, are as follows:
“1. The assured will take a complete itemized inventory of ■stock on hand at least once in each calendar year, and unless such inventory has been taken within twelve calendar months prior to the date of this policy, one shall be taken in detail within thirty days of issuance of this policy, or this policy shall be null and void from such date, and upon…
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