People's Insurance v. Straehle

On and prior to January 31, 1870, the defendant in error, Straehle, owned a lease upon ground in Cincinnati, for twenty years from October 1, 1858, which lease was not, by its terms, renewable, and did not give the lessee the privilege of removing his improvements at the end of the term. Upon this ground, Straehle owned a *188frame building, occupied by him as a mill and feed store, and'also a frame stable. In the mill he had machinery, engines, boiler, mills, tools, and fixtures, and a stock in trade, consisting of grain, etc. On January 31, 1870, he, for a premium paid of $117.25, took out a…