Green v. Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cedar Rapids Superior Court. — Hon. John T. Stoneman, Judge. Action at law on a contract for insurance. The cause was tried without a jury, and the court tound the following facts and conclusions: “(1) That on the seventh day of November, 1891, the parties orally negotiated a contract of insurance, by the terms of which, in consideration of thirty dollars, then paid by the plaintiff to the defendant, the defendant promised and agreed to insure the plaintiff…
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Appeal from Cedar Rapids Superior Court. — Hon. John T. Stoneman, Judge. Action at law on a contract for insurance. The cause was tried without a jury, and the court tound the following facts and conclusions: “(1) That on the seventh day of November, 1891, the parties orally negotiated a contract of insurance, by the terms of which, in consideration of thirty dollars, then paid by the plaintiff to the defendant, the defendant promised and agreed to insure the plaintiff against damage or loss by fire, to an amount not exceeding two thousand, five hundred dollars, to plaintiff’s household…
1Opinion of the Court
Geangeb, O. J.
As to the facts of the ease, there is no substantial dispute. In January, 1889, the defendant company issued to the plaintiff a policy on the property specified in the first finding of fact by the court, with slight exceptions, among which is the item of “printed books.” The aggregate amount of the policy was two thousand dollars, and it was specific *618in this: that five hundred dollars of the amount was on a‘ ‘library of books, pamphlets, magazines, sermons, and other writings/7 and the remaining one thousand, five hundred dollars on other items. November 7, 1891, the plaintiff…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Longueville v. Western Assurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1879
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