Allen v. Fidelity-Phenix Insurance

This is a suit upon a fire insurance policy. The case was tried by the court sitting as a jury, resulting in a judgment for defendant and plaintiff has appealed.

The facts show that on April 26, 1917, defendant issued to one A. P. Knight a fire insurance policy covering certain property owned by him, including a barn, hay and machinery; the barn was insured in the sum of $500, the hay in the sum of $25 and the machinery in the sum of $50. There is a controversy between the parties as 'to whether the insurance ran for five or six years, defendant claiming the former and plaintiff the latter.

On…