Anderson v. Independent Mutual Fire Insurance Co.

LYON ANDERSON, Special Commissioner.

In this action plaintiff seeks recovery on a policy of fire insurance for loss and damage to personal property alleged to have been sustained by him as a result of a fire which occurred at his home on February 20, 1967. There was a.verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $2,500.00. From said judgment defendant has perfected this appeal.

The petition was in conventional form, containing a prayer for $2,500.00 alleged to be the amount of plaintiff’s loss, together with a ten percent penalty and an attorney’s fee for vexatious refusal to pay said loss.

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