Carpenter v. Security Fire Insurance

This is an action to recover the value of a mare, alleged to have been killed by lightning. The action is based on an insurance policy indemnifying plaintiff against loss or damage by lightning on certain personal property. The iaare in question was covered by the policy. The cause was tried to. a jury. At the conclusion of all the evidence, the defendant, by proper motion, requested the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict for the defendant, on the sole ground that the evidence was wholly insufficient to sustain a verdict for the plaintiff. This motion was overruled, the cause…