Legal Opinion
Atkinson v. Hawkeye Ins.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 12, 1887PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from Fremont District Court. This is an action upon an alleged contract for the insurance of a dwelling-house against loss or damage by fire. The cause was submitted to the court below upon the pleadings and an agreed statement of facts. The court determined that the defendant was not liable for the loss, and the plaintiff appeals,
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
-The facts essential to a proper determination of the case are as follows; One Baylor was a soliciting agent of the defendant at Tabor, in this state. - The plaintiff made a written application to him for insurance upon his dwelling-house by the defendant company. This application was made upon one of the printed forms in use by the company. This printed blank form was as follows:
“Application is made by--, of-, county-, state of Iowa, for insurance against loss or damage by fire -, to the Hawkeye Insurance Company, in the sum of *341-dollars, for the term of-years from the-day of --, 188 — , by a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Walker v. Farmers' Ins.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1879
- Armstrong v. State Ins.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1883
3Cited by2 opinions
- Pickett v. German Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1888
- United States Mutual Accident Ass'n of New York v. KittenringSupreme Court of Colorado · 1896