Phenix Insurance v. La Pointe

Wilson J.

This was assumpsit, brought by appellee against appellant on a policy of insurance for $1,000, covering certain fixtures, billiard tables, liquors, etc., in appellee's saloon at South Chicago. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1,000, from which the defendant appealed to this court.

We are of opinion that the case, as made by the plaintiff’s evidence, showed a cause of action, and that the defense was without legal merits. It is objected (1) that the court improperly refused to admit in evidence the report of the company’s agent, in which, in answer to the question contained in…