Harrison v. Hartford Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Louisa District Court. — Hon. Ben McCoy Judge. Action at law upon a policy of fire insurance. Defense: Former adjudication, another suit pending, and a contract limitation upon the suit. Trial to a jury; verdict and judgment for plaintiff; and defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
— The policy in suit was issued on the .eighteenth day of June, 1890, and the fire occurred on the fourth day of October, 1892. On the sixteenth day of January, 1898, plaintiff commenced suit on the policy in the district court of the county of Louisa. The defendant removed this action to the federal court, and on the twenty-seventh day of January, 1894, a trial was had, resulting in a directed verdict for the defendant. Thereafter, and on the twenty-ninth day of May, 1894, plaintiff commenced another action on the policy in the federal court. To the last-named petition, defendant filed a…
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