Renier v. Dwelling House Insurance
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Brown County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: This action is for loss by fire upon a policy of insurance executed January 11, 1887, and insuring the property described for five years from that date in the aggregate sum of $3,600, being upon a dwelling-house and barn and- the property in and about the same.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Brown County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: This action is for loss by fire upon a policy of insurance executed January 11, 1887, and insuring the property described for five years from that date in the aggregate sum of $3,600, being upon a dwelling-house and barn and- the property in and about the same. The fire occurred about 1 o’clock on the morning of August 19, 1887, and the amount of property destroyed is alleged to have been, in the aggregate, $3,906.18, and judgment was demanded for $3,225.66, with interest…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
It appears from the undisputed evidence that November 20, 1886, the defendant’s local soliciting agent residing at Green Bay,— Elie Martin,— called at the plaintiff’s'residence and solicited insurance on her farm buildings and personal property; that such insurance was then and there agreed upon; that the plaintiff and her husband then and there signed the application therefor mentioned above, and the same was thereupon forwarded to the defendant’s home office; that December 3, 1886, a policy (No. 150,994) running for five years was issued to the plaintiff ; that such policy was precisely…
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