Germania Fire Insurance v. McKee

This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Mary G. McKee against the Germania Fire Insurance Company, on a policy of insurance issued December 24, 1877, by which the plaintiff was insured against loss by fire for one year on a hay barn, cattle sheds, and a large quantity of farming implements, situated on a certain quarter section of land in Champaign county. A trial of the cause in the circuit court resulted in a judgment in favor of the plaintff. An appeal was taken to the Appellate Court, where the judgment was affirmed. To reverse the judgment of the Appellate Court this writ of error…