Hardware Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance v. Glidden Co.

This case is here on appeal, § 237a of the Judicial Code, from a judgment of the Supreme Court of Minnesota, upholding the constitutionality of the arbitration provisions of the standard fire insurance policy prescribed by Minnesota statutes. 181 Minn. 518; 233 N. W. 310.

Appellant, a Wisconsin corporation licensed to carry on the business of writing fire insurance' in Minnesota, issued, within the state, its policy insuring appellees’ assignor against loss, by fire, of personal property located there." The policy was in standard form, the use of which is enjoined by statutes of Minnesota on…