Home Fire Insurance v. Kennedy

This was an action by tbe defendant in error, Catharine Kennedy, against tbe plaintiff in error, tbe Home Fire Insurance Company of Omaha, upon a policy of insurance. Tbe defendant company for answer admitted tbe insuring of tbe plaintiff’s property, to-wit, a two-story frame and brick building, and that said building was destroyed by fire within tbe period covered by said policy. It, however, alleged that said policy was not in force at tbe time of the loss, for reasons which will be hereafter noticed. A trial was bad in tbe district court for Douglas county, resulting in a verdict and…