Jefferson Mutual Insurance Co. v. Murry
Decision Date | 18 March 1905 |
Citation | 86 S.W. 813,74 Ark. 507 |
Parties | JEFFERSON MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. MURRY |
Court | Arkansas Supreme Court |
Appeal from Nevada Circuit Court, JOEL D. CONWAY, Judge.
Reversed.
STATEMENT BY THE COURT.
On October 17, 1901, appellant, Jefferson Mutual Insurance Company, a corporation organized under the laws of this State on the mutual or assessment plan to do a fire insurance business, with its principal office at Pine Bluff, issued its certain policy, whereby it agreed to indemnify plaintiff, A A. Murry, to an amount not exceeding $ 1,000, against loss or damage by fire, as follows: "$ 825 on a certain stock of merchandise, etc., $ 50 on store and office furniture and fixtures, including iron safe--all while contained in the one-story frame building with shingle roof, occupied as a general store, situate Laneburg, Arkansas--$ 50 on store room, and $ 75 on the above-described building." Said policy was for the term of one year from the 17th day of October, 1901, at noon, to the 17th day of October, 1902, at noon, with the following excepting clause: The premium charged, as a consideration for said policy, was $ 30, no part of which was paid in cash, but the assured executed therefor his promissory note, which note is in words and figures as follows:
A. A MURRY."
On November 16, 1901, said premium note being past due, and no part of same having been paid, the property covered by the policy was destroyed by fire. After this Murry paid the note. There is no evidence to show that he was prevented by the insurance company from paying it on an earlier day. Murry recovered judgment against the insurance company for $ 941, and it appealed.
Reversed and remanded.
W. F. Coleman, for appellant.
A verdict should have been directed for the defendant. 51 Ark. 441; 104 U.S. 88; 32 Neb. 490; 19 Mich. 451; 82 N.Y. 543; 83 Ky. 574; 32 Neb. 490; 74 Ia. 11; 168 Pa.St. 249; 69 Ark. 54. There was no proof of a waiver, and instruction No. 1 was error. 9 Daly, 341; 23 Abb. N. C. 274; 53 Ia. 335; 130 N.Y. 560; 175 Pa.St. 350; 90 Tenn. 212; 65 Ark. 61. Acceptance of payment of the note did not change the relation of the parties. 83 Ky. 574; 19 Mich. 451; 31 Mo.App. 467; 119 Ill. 329; 124 Ill. 354; 36 N.Y. 157; 105 N.Y. 437; 59 Ill.App. 432; 40 Md. 572.
G. R. Haynie and McRae & Tompkins, for appellee.
Evidence of a waiver was proper. 48 Ark. 239. The non-payment of the note was waived. 53 Ark. 494; 65 Ark. 61; 53 Ark. 494; 9 L.R.A. 317; 8 L.R.A. 42.
The effect of so much of the policy and of the note given for the premium as provides that the policy shall be void during the time the policy note, or any part thereof, shall remain unpaid after it becomes due and payable, and shall so continue until it is fully paid, was to suspend the operation of the policy during the time the notes remained overdue and unpaid, and, upon payment after default,...
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