State ex rel. Schmidt v. Helgerson

This is a proceeding, in mandamus brought to compel the commissioner of insurance to pay a claim for damage caused1 by hail. The commissioner resists payment on the ground that the land on which the damaged crop was growing had not been listed for hail insurance, and that there was no liability on the part of the state for the loss. The circuit court denied the writ, and plaintiff appeals.

The land had been listed for hail insurance during" the pre*369vious year, and the claimant assumed that the land would be listed for hail insurance by the assessor and county audtior for the current year.

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