Ehlert v. Graue

Murphy, Justice.

Appeal from judgment in favor of defendants in an action to recover for fire loss to a farm building brought by plaintiff, Elmer L. Ehlert, against defendants, Foster Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and Arthur Graue, from whom plaintiff purchased the property on a contract for deed. We are asked to resolve an apparent conflict in statutes as they relate to standard provisions for fire insurance policies and provisions for township mutual fire insurance policies.

It appears from the record that the property in question was an abandoned house located on farm property…