Warren v. Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance

This plaintiff recovered a judgment for $37.50 for a mule colt alleged to have been killed by lightning. Defendant had issued to plaintiff an insurance policy which would cover such a loss, but the judgment must be reversed because there is no evidence whatever in the record that the mule was killed by lightning. It was only four days-old when found dead. The evidence regarding its death as given by plaintiff and another witness is that the colt was seen in the pasture about nine o’clock in the morning apparently well and at six o’clock the following morning was found dead, lying in the edge…