Farmers' Store of Wheaton, Inc. v. Delaware Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance

Thomas Gallagher, Justice.

Action for the reformation of a fire insurance policy and for recovery thereunder for loss occasioned by a fire which destroyed merchandise of plaintiff of the value of $5,512.35. The merchandise was stored in a barn located in Monson township in Traverse county some four or five miles northeast of Wheaton, where plaintiff maintained its principal mercantile business. The fire occurred on July 11, 1950.

For some years prior to the fire, it had been plaintiff’s custom to store a part of its merchandise in a municipally owned building at the fair grounds outside the…