German Insurance Co. of Freeport v. Hayden
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. Action upon fire insurance policy. Trial to the court. Findings and judgment for the plaintiffs. Defendant appeals. “ The plaintiffs complain of the defendant and allege: “First. That the defendant is a corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Illinois. “ Second.
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Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. Action upon fire insurance policy. Trial to the court. Findings and judgment for the plaintiffs. Defendant appeals. “ The plaintiffs complain of the defendant and allege: “First. That the defendant is a corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Illinois. “ Second. That on the fourteenth day of July, 1885, Clara P. M. Leonhardy was owner of a certain frame dwelling house near the post office in Riverside, in the county of Chaffee, state of Colorado, and of a certain frame milk house near said…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hayt
It is admitted by the pleadings that in the application the insured in answer to the question, “ What is your title ? ” answered, “ Good.” And it is likewise admitted that the policy contained the following stipulation :
“ That if the interest of the insured in the said property or any part thereof now is or shall become any other or less than a perfect legal and equitable title and ownership free *134from all liens whatever, except as stated in writing thereon, if the property be incumbered by a mortgage or otherwise, or if the buildings or either of them stand on land of which the assured has…
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