Zimmerman v. Home Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Delaware District Court. — Hon. D. J. Lenehan, Judge. Action on a policy of insurance. There was a judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
On the twenty-second of December, 1886, the defendant company issued to the plaintiff its policy of insurance for fifteen hundred dollars on a certain building in Earlville. The building was, on the eleventh of May, 1887, totally destroyed by fire. The policy by its terms permitted fifteen hundred dollars of other insurance, and also provided that “if the assured shall have, or shall hereafter make, any other insurance on the property hereby insured, or any part thereof, without the consent of the company written hereon, * * * this policy shall be void.” At the time of applying for the policy…
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