Rickel v. Republic Mutual Fire Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hopkins, J.:

This controversy presents the question whether under the terms of an insurance policy the word “grain” included 'cottonseed meal. The trial court held that it did not, and plaintiff appeals.

The facts were substantially these. The plaintiff carried insurance in defendant company for the total amount of $3,700, of which $2,000 was upon grain on the premises, in the barn, crib, gran*333ary, stack or shock. The insurance was against fire, lightning and windstorm. The plaintiff had cottonseed meal stored in a granary on the premises valued at…