Shinn v. West Virginia Insurance

Milder, Judge:

In this action on a fire insurance policy, the plaintiffs recovered a verdict and judgment for the full amount of the policy, $1,500.00. The property covered by the insurance contract, a barn and some farm machinery, was completely destroyed by fire.

To the declaration defendant filed its statement of defense as provided by Section 64 of Chapter 125 of the Code, alleging in substance that the plaintiff, N. U. G. Shinn, in his, application for the insurance, had made certain misrepresentations of fact, with the intent to injure and defraud the defendant, namely: (1) that he…