Stensgaard v. National Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the district court for Ramsey county, where the action was tried before Simons, J., and a jury, and a verdict directed for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
Action upon a fire policy. It is conceded by the insurance company that if, upon the evidence, the insured premises *182were not (in the words of a clause in the policy) “vacant or unoccupied, or not in use,” at the time of the fire, then the judgment in plaintiffs’ favor should be affirmed. The premises referred to are described in the policy as a “one-story frame shingle-roof building” in Aitkin. The proof is that when the policy was issued, and for some months thereafter, the building, which had been used as a saloon, was not inhabited by any person, or used in any business; but on Friday,…
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