Hawkeye Chemical Company, and Mutual Boiler & MacHinery Insurance Company v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, and Oil Insurance Association

WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.

This diversity jurisdiction case comes before us on an appeal and a cross-appeal from a judgment, following a jury verdict on special questions, which allows plaintiffs a recovery on a fire insurance policy, but denied plaintiffs claimed interest. The central question, involving interpretation of Iowa statutes, is whether two fire insurance policies issued by St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company to Hawkeye Chemical Company, and providing that the issuing “company shall not be liable for loss occurring. . . while the hazard is increased by any means within…