Bartling v. German Mutual Lightning & Tornado Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Bremer District Court. — Hon. Clieeord P. Smith, Judge. Action on a policy of insurance issued by a farmers’ mutual company. By agreement it was tried in equity. There was a decree dismissing the petition. Plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
This action is upon an insurance, policy covering a barn which was destroyed by fire on April 23, 1906. Defendant company is a mutual association composed of farmers, and the policy issued by it has none of the usual forfeiture clauses. It is claimed, however, that at the time of the fire plaintiff had no insurable interest in the property destroyed; that the policy is one of indem*337nity; and that plaintiff suffered no loss by reason of the fire. The trial court, after hearing the testimony, found for the defendant, and plaintiff appeals. The questions presented arc largely of fact, and the…
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