Tomashek v. Hartland Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance

The appellant, a duly incorporated town mutual fire insurance company, issued its policy to respondent June 1, 1929, insuring certain property of his against loss by fire for five years conditioned upon the insured complying with certain requirements. It will be necessary to consider here but one of these, for it is expressly stipulated that the respondent in all things complied with the requirements of the policy so as to be entitled to the insurance claimed by him, “unless the said policy at the time of said fire had lapsed because of the non-payment of an assessment.”

Appellant claims that…