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Funke v. Minnesota Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided August 3, 1882PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Action on a fire-insurance policy issued by defendant to plaintiff June 19, 1874-, and containing, among other conditions, the following : “If the insured shall have or shall hereafter make any insurance in any other company on the property hereby insured, or any part thereof, without obtaining the consent of the secretory of this-association, * * * then, in every such case, the insured shall not be entitled to recover from the association any loss or damage which may occur…

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Action on a fire-insurance policy issued by defendant to plaintiff June 19, 1874-, and containing, among other conditions, the following : “If the insured shall have or shall hereafter make any insurance in any other company on the property hereby insured, or any part thereof, without obtaining the consent of the secretory of this-association, * * * then, in every such case, the insured shall not be entitled to recover from the association any loss or damage which may occur in or to the property hereby insured, or any part or portion thereof.” In the application for insurance as well as in…

1Opinion of the Court

Dickinson, JY*

This action is to recover upon a policy of insurance issued by the defendant in June, 1874, whereby the defendant insured the dwelling-house and furniture of the plaintiff against loss by fire for a period of seven years. The fire causing the injury complained of occurred in March, 1880. The policy contained these conditions: “If the insured shall have, or shall hereafter make, any insurance in any other company on the property hereby insured, or any part thereof, without obtaining the consent of the secretary of *351this associátion, * * * the insured shall not be entitled to…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Carpenter v. Providence Washington InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
  2. Hubbard & Spencer v. Hartford Fire Ins.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1871
  3. Bigler v. . New York Central Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
  4. Plath v. Minnesota Farmers' Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1877
  5. Lackey v. Georgia Home InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1871

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Parsons, Rich & Co. v. LaneSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
  2. American Insurance v. ReplogleIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
  3. Commercial Union Assurance Co. v. NorwoodSupreme Court of Kansas · 1897
  4. Phenix Insurance v. LamarIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
  5. Reed v. Equitable Fire & Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1892

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