Lesure Lumber Co. v. Mutual Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque District Court.: — Hon.. J. L. Husted, Judge. .Action at law to recover an amount alleged to be due on a fire insurance policy. After the evidence had been submitted, the court directed a verdict for the plaintiff, and judgment was rendered accordingly. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
‘Robinson, J.
On the twelfth day of March, 1894, the defendant issued to the plaintiff a policy insuring it for the term of one year against loss or damage by fire, to the amount of ten thousand dollars, on its stock of lumber in certain yards in the city of Dubuque. On the ninth day of June, in the same year, lumber to the value of seventy-four thousand, four hundred and seventy-eight dollars and fifty-five cents, in two of the yards, was destroyed by fire. The total insurance on the lumber destroyed was sixty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. The verdict and judgment were for the full…
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