Cox v. Home Insurance Co.

This is a suit on a policy of cyclone and windstorm insurance issued by defendant, in which suit the plaintiff recovered damages for the destruction of his barn in the amount of $1,450 and for injury to his dwelling house in the amount of $150 caused by a violent windstorm. The policy on the barn is for $1,500 and on the dwelling house for $1,350, together with certain amounts on other buildings not injured by the storm. The case was tried by the court as a jury and in fixing the amount of the damage for destruction of the barn the court deducted $50 as the value of the salvage and fixed the…