Thomason v. Capital Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Louisa District Court. — Hon. D. Ryan, Judge. In 1887, the firm of Hampe Brothers was the owner of forty acres of land in Louisa county, Iowa, on which there was a frame dwelling, sixteen by eighteen feet, and a log house of the same dimensions, the two buildings being two feet apart.
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Appeal from Louisa District Court. — Hon. D. Ryan, Judge. In 1887, the firm of Hampe Brothers was the owner of forty acres of land in Louisa county, Iowa, on which there was a frame dwelling, sixteen by eighteen feet, and a log house of the same dimensions, the two buildings being two feet apart. Hampe Brothers obtained from the defendant company, January 12, 1887, a policy of insurance on the two buildings, the policy fixing the amount on the frame building at two hundred and twenty-five dollars, and that on the log house at seventy-five dollars. On the twelfth day of March, 1887, Hampe…
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, C. J.
1 I, At the time the policy was renewed, the plaintiff, M. C. Thomason, with her husband, W. D. Thomason, lived on the land, and occupied the building insured. There was no such person known as D. M. Thomason. Neither plaintiff nor her husband was personally known to the officers of the company, nor to its agent, Titus & Jackson. The business was done through Hampe Brothers, and the name of D. M. Thomason first appears when the blank assignment of the first policy, made by Hampe Brothers to the plaintiff, was filled up. How it happened that the initials “D. M.” were used instead of “M. 0.” is…
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