Kitterlin v. Milwaukee Mechanic's Mutual Insurance

Per Curiam :

On November 12, 1883, the defendant in error-issued its policy of insurance for $1200 upon the two-story frame building of the plaintiff, Kitterlin, situated upon lots 1 and 2, block 9, in the town of Deitrich, to continue for one-year. At the time of the insurance the title was in Kitterlin,. and while he used one room in carrying on a small mercantile business, the house was occupied by him and his family as a residence, and the lot on which it was built constituted their homestead. On the 27th of December, 1883, Kitterlin, joined by his wife, executed a mortgage on the insured…