Fowler v. . Insurance Co.

The following statement of the case is sent up on appeal to this court, as a part of the record: The action was (90) brought upon a policy of insurance issued by the defendant to the plaintiff to secure him against the loss by fire of a certain stock of goods and merchandise, and in the event that the goods were destroyed by fire, to pay him two-thirds of the value of the goods at the time of destruction.

In the application, the plaintiff had stated the value of the stock at the time he effected the insurance, at $2,800.00 and claimed that the value of the stock was $2,500.00 at the time of…