Longhurst v. Star Insurance

ANcjcTmW ^crfptlonf' The action is to recover a loss upon a policy of insurance, equitable in its character, and therefore unlike the usual proceeding brought to recover claims of this description.

The policy sued, expresses the interest of the insured to be that of “ mortgagee," whereas, in his application for the policy, he stated the interest (intended for protection) to be that of a mechanic’s lien upon what was known as the Lawrence block, in the city of Dubuque; and it was this latter interest which, as a matter of fact, was insured, and for which the defendant received the required…