Coats v. Camden Fire Insurance
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Ashland county: JohN K. Paeish, Circuit Judge. This action is brought to recover the amount of a loss sustained by the plaintiff through the destruction by fire of the property insured by the defendant under its standard form of' policy, which was issued and delivered to the plaintiff.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Ashland county: JohN K. Paeish, Circuit Judge. This action is brought to recover the amount of a loss sustained by the plaintiff through the destruction by fire of the property insured by the defendant under its standard form of' policy, which was issued and delivered to the plaintiff. The policy describes the property covered and insured as-, located and situated on the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 28, township 41, range 8 west, Bayfield county, Wisconsin. In the application blank, filled out by the plaintiff but not…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebbceee, J.
Tbe first contention is that tbe court erred in excluding tbe evidence of tbe defendant tending to sbow that tbe property destroyed is not tbe property described in tbe policy constituting tbe insurance contract between tbe parties. Tbe record shows that tbe buildings actually destroyed were those tbe plaintiff and tbe insurance agent who solicited tbe insurance intended to include in tbe contract, and that tbe plaintiff’s claim for loss is for their destruction by fire. Tbe plaintiff offered evidence tending to sbow that they were located on a certain quarter-section of section 28 of the…
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