Ohlson v. Sac County Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Sac District Gourt. — M. E. Hutchison, Judge. Action at law to recover the insurance upon certain buildings destroyed by fire. That the property was, in fact, insured by a policy issued by the defendant association is admitted, and the single defense offered by said association is the affirmative allegation that the fire which consumed the insured property was designedly set by the plaintiff’s intestate. There was a verdict for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtWeaveR, J.
Few more tragic stories find their way into the Law Reports than is embodied in the brief record of this cause. Jacob Neubauer was a farmer in Sae County. His name suggests a man of foreign birth or lineage. He had acquired a farm of 120 acres of land, well improved, on which were a dwelling house, barn, machine shed, poultry house, hog house, tool house, corncrib, and other conveniences. The buildings were in good condition, and the house well furnished. He had an automobile, for which he had paid $1,700, and.farm machinery in considerable profusion. Before the fire, he had been offered…
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