Ben Franklin Insurance v. Weary

This was a suit in assumpsit, brought by the appellee against the appellant, to recover for a loss under a policy of insurance against fire. By said policy appellant insured appellee for the term of one year from June 1, 1876, against loss or damage by fire, to the amount of $1,000, to wit: $500 on his two-story frame building, used as a planing mill, situate at numbers 3930 and 3932 Arnold street, town of Lake, Cook county, Ills., and $500 on the engine, boiler, machinery and shafting contained therein. On the fourth day of October, 1876, the property insured was totally destroyed by fire.…