Wagner & Erling Co. v. Fort Dearborn Casualty Underwriters

This action was brought to- recover on a fire insurance policy, on a motor truck owned 'by plaintiff. The truck was insured for $2,500. It had not been used more than ten 01-twelve days, so that it was practically a new truck and cost the plaintiff something- over $4,100. The fire that caused the damage took place at about 6:30 o’clock p. m. on the 29th day of December, 1923. On the afternoon of that day plaintiff had written and deposited in the post office a letter addressed to the defendant’s general agent in this state, in which plaintiff directed defendant to cancel insurance on the…