Western Horse & Cattle Insurance v. Putnam

This was an action on a policy of insurance, executed by plaintiff in error to defendant in error, by which the plaintiff in error insured a certain jack, or stallion ass, as it is termed in the policy, for the sum of $300, the real value of which was stated in the application for insurance at $400.

The petition is in the usual form. The answer denies all the allegations of the petition except the issuance of the policy and the corporate existence of plaintiff in error— defendant below.

The answer contains the further defense, that in order to induce plaintiff in error to issue the policy of…