German Ins. Co. of Freeport v. Independent School. Dist. of Milford

LOCHREN, District Judge.

The plaintiff below, an Iowa school-district corporation, recovered judgment against the defendant, a fire insurance company of Illinois, upon an alleged oral contract of insurance, claimed to have been made September 17, 1894,.whereby the defendant, through its authorized agent, for the premium of $56.25, then in the hands of such agent, insured the plaintiff’s schoolhouse and contents and appurtenant buildings from loss by fire in amounts aggregating $2,500, for the term of five years from October-11, 1894, at noon, when a previous written policy of the defendant…