St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Wells

It appears that appellee was the owner of a building near Du Quoin, which he rented as a tenant house. He procured, at the solicitation of the agent of appellant, a policy of insurance on the building. At the time appellee took the policy, the house was occupied by a tenant, who remained in it until the 8th or 9th of December, 1874, after the insurance was effected, after which it remained vacant until the 6th of January,.1875, being about twenty-eight days, when the building was burned. Appellee was endeavoring to procure another tenant, but had found none, to go into the building. He paid,…