Shaw v. Cramton

The plaintiff is a vendee in a land contract for the purchase of a farm of 160 acres in Tuscola county, Michigan. The defendants' are the vendors. On July 7, 1928, the barn and silo on • the farm were destroyed by fire. They were insured in a policy taken out by the defendants before the sale to the plaintiff. The loss was adjusted at $3,800. The parties engaged in a controversy as to the application of the insurance money to their respective interests in the contract. The plaintiff filed this bill alleging his right to have a part of the money used to replace the buildings destroyed by the…