Dyer v. American Insurance

This is an action on a fire insurance policy. A jury was waived and the case tried before the court, resulting in a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $1012.75. Defendant has appealed.

The policy was issued on March 4, 1918, for a term of five years. It insured plaintiff’s dwelling house, situated on eighty acres of land in .Adair County, Missouri, in the sum of $600 and his household goods located in the house in the sum of $400. On February 18, 1922, the dwelling house and contents were totally destroyed by fire. Defendant refused to pay the loss, resulting in this suit.

The petition…