Price v. Ætna Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from PolJc District Court. — Hon. Marcus Kavanagh, Jr., Judge. Action at law, on a policy of insurance, to recover the value of a building destroyed by fire. From the ruling of the court on a motion of defendant to try certain issues as in equity, both parties appeal; the appeal of plaintiff being first perfected.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
— The petition alleges that the policy of insurance in suit was issued by defendant on the twenty-seventh day of April, 1887; that it insured plaintiff against loss or damage by fire to the amount of two thousand dollars, on a certain frame dwelling-house, for the term of five years, commencing on the twenty-sixth day of April, 1887; that said dwelling-house was of the value of ten thousand dollars, and on the sixth day of February, 1888, was destroyed by fire ; and that proofs of loss were duly presented to defendant. The petition prays for judgment against the defendant for two thousand…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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