Cooper v. Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse county: 0. B. WysiaN, Circuit Judge. This is an action on a fire insurance policy for the loss of household goods.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse county: 0. B. WysiaN, Circuit Judge. This is an action on a fire insurance policy for the loss of household goods. The goods intended to be insured were described in a printed slip, attached to the policy, as follows: “ $600.00 on household and kitchen furniture, useful and ornamental, beds and bedding, linen,' family wearing apparel, •trunks, satchels, printed books and music, musical instruments, sewing machines, pictures, paintings, engravings and their frames at not exceeding cost, plate and plated ware, mirrors, china, glass, and…
1Opinion of the CourtNewMAN, J.
The bill of exceptions is not certified to contain all the evidence. So there can be no review of the testimony given upon the trial. The special verdict is deemed to be absolute verity.
The issues made by the pleading were three: (1) "Whether proofs of loss had been furnished; (2) whether the plaintiff *365bad been guilty of fraud and false swearing relating to bis Joss; and (3) whether the insured property was incumbered. Questions covering each .of these issues were submitted to ;the jury, and each was found in favor of the plaintiff. But it appeared incidentally during the trial that among the…
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