Illett v. North Star Farmers Mutual Insurance
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Redwood county to recover $798 upon a policy of hail insurance. The case was tried before Olsen, J., who when plaintiff rested denied defendant’s motion to dismiss, and at the close of the testimony denied defendant’s motion for a directed verdict and granted plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict in some amount, leaving the jury to determine the amount, and a jury which returned a verdict for $470.45. Defendant’s motion for judgment…
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Action in the district court for Redwood county to recover $798 upon a policy of hail insurance. The case was tried before Olsen, J., who when plaintiff rested denied defendant’s motion to dismiss, and at the close of the testimony denied defendant’s motion for a directed verdict and granted plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict in some amount, leaving the jury to determine the amount, and a jury which returned a verdict for $470.45. Defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was denied. From the judgment entered pursuant to the verdict, defendant appealed..
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
Action to recover upon a hail insurance policy in which plaintiff had judgment from which defendant appealed.
The facts axe not in dispute. Defendant is a farmers’ mutual insurance company, organized and operating under the law® of this state. Plaintiff is a farmer of Redwood county, and on June 26, 1920, applied to defendant for and defendant issued to him a policy of insurance, therein and thereby contracting to indemnify plaintiff for loss or injury to his crops from hail. The policy is in the usual form of such contracts and in conformity with the regulatory statutes of the state. The…
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