Germania Fire Insurance v. Hick

This suit was brought in the circuit court of Gallatin county, by Sophia L. Hick, for the use of Thomas S. Ridgeway, against the Germania Fire Insurance Company. The declaration is in assumpsit on an insurance policy. The risk covered by the policy is a mill, with the plant connected therewith, situated on leased land. One of the conditions contained in the policy upon which the insurance contract would be void “unless specially agreed to in writing in or upon the policy,” is, “the situation of an insured building on leased ground.” The only defense insisted upon is, that the fact the mill…