Case Name: Hester v. Scottish Union and National Insurance Company
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1902-04-30
Citations: 115 Ga. 454
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hester v. Scottish Union and National Insurance Company.
Judges: All the Justices concurring, except Lewis, J., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 115
Pages: 454–455

Head Matter:
Hester v. Scottish Union and National Insurance Company.

Opinion:
Little, J.
The bill of exceptions in this case was predicated on a judgment of nonsuit, rendered in an action on a contract of fire-insurance. The policy by its terms expressly provided that it should be null and void in the event the assured should not observe certain stipulations as to the keeping of certain books, and making inventories, and the proper production of the same in case of loss, as prescribed in a clause thereof known as the " iron-safe clause." The evidence of the plaintiff, the person insured, showed affirmatively that he had not complied with the requirements embraced in that clause. He had, therefore, under the terms of his contract, no right of recovery, and the trial judge did not err in granting a nonsuit.
Submitted Marcli 1,
Decided April 30, 1902.
Action on insurance policy. Before Judge Falligant. Chatham superior court. January 25, 1901.
W. F. Slater, for plaintiff. R. L. Colding, for defendant.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concurring, except Lewis, J., absent.