La Bonte v. Mutual Fire & Lightning Insurance

The defendant company has appealed from a judgment awarding plaintiff the sum of $3,100, with interest from November 24, 1923, and costs, on a fire loss covered by a policy of insurance written by defendant company.

It appears from the record that on November 22, 1922, the defendant, a “mutual” company, operating only in Rich-land county, in consideration of a membership fee in the company and an additional premium thereon, issued to plaintiff, who thereby became a member of the company, a fire policy on his ranch-house with its contents, and upon his barn, on a certain quarter-section…