Bugg v. Northwestern National Insurance

*550The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

In this action, the plaintiff seeks to recover damages for the publication of alleged libelous matter contained in an answer filed by the defendant in a suit pending in the district court of Labette county, Kansas, wherein Emma E. Bugg was plaintiff and this defendant was defendant. The defendant had issued to Emma E. Bugg a policy of fire insurance covering a dwelling house, a barn, and a coal and storage house. The barn was burned, and the coal and storage house was damaged. The defendant refused to pay the loss, and Emma E. Bugg…