Wildey v. Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance

Plaintiff sued to recover insurance on a horse, harness, cushion and blanket, burned on the 6th of October, 1881, at a hotel barn in the village of Paw Paw near and within one hundred feet of other buildings.

The defense was that the policy did not cover this property when used and situated as it was when destroyed.

Defendant is a mutual fire insurance company organized under the statute of 1873, [How, St. ch. 132] and formed for the purpose of farm insurance. The entire property insured consisted of dwelling-house and contents, three barns and sheds and an item described as follows: “ Per-

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