Weiner v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance

The complaint was held to be bad upon its face. The action is by assured against insurer, for recovery, under the policy, for the destruction by fire of plaintiff’s jewelry. The peculiar cause of the destruction raises the question of law involved. The plaintiff’s wife “ for the purpose of safe keeping and protecting * * * [the jewelry] from burglars during her absence from the home, placed the said jewelry [of plaintiff] into a velvet handbag and deposited same in the stove of the household * * * and while the said jewelry * * * was in the stove * * * the wife * * * through inadvertence…