Ward v. Queen City Ins.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Henry E. McGinn, Judge. This is an action by E. M. Ward against the Queen City Fire Insurance Company of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The facts are fully set forth in the opinion of the court. Department 2.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McNary
Plaintiff recovered a verdict for $3,578 in the Circuit Court for Multnomah County upon a policy of insurance on a stock of merchandise and office furniture located in a building known as “The Woolen Mills,” in North Bend, Coos County. The complaint embraces allegations usual in an action of that character.
*349The defenses relied upon are: (1) That the fire was incendiary in its origin; (2) false swearing with respect to making of the proof of loss; (3) that defendant’s liability, if at all, is modified by reason of concurrent insurance.
The reply contains two separate defenses: (1) That defendant…
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