Svetlicic v. Farmers Alliance Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

The appeal in this case is taken by a mutual fire *552insurance company which was defendant in an action by a widow, who was also guardian of the minor children of the former owner of the property insured by him in his lifetime in the defendant company; The fire, occurring a few months after his death, resulted in a total loss of the dwelling house and the household goods.

The appellant urges two reasons in particular why the plaintiff should not recover and why the policy is void: that additional insurance was subsequently taken on the same…