Twin City Fire Insurance v. Lonas

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Ratliep

Reversing.

John D. Lonas, appellee, brought this suit in the Allen circuit court to recover of the Twin City Fire Insurance Company, appellant herein, $1,000, the amount of a fire insurance policy covering the household goods and other contents of a dwelling in Scottsville, Ky. For convenience we will refer to the parties as plaintiff and defendant according to their respective positions in the lower court.

Defendant filed its answer in which it traversed all the material allegations of the petition and pleaded in paragraph II that the fire was caused or…