Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance v. Fields
Indiana Supreme Court
From Monroe Circuit Court; James B. Wilson, Judge. Action by Len S. Fields and another against the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
— Appellees, Len S. Fields and Len B. Fields, father and son, instituted this action *231against appellant to reform, because of mutual mistake, a fire insurance policy, and to recover damages for a loss. The complaint alleges that appellees owned a house and lot in Bloomington; that the house was of the value of $6,000; that appellant insured the same in the sum of $2,000, but, by mutual mistake, the policy was written in the name of Len S. Fields only; that subsequently the house was completely destroyed by an accidental fire. Appellant, by its answer, denied any liability and áverred that it…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Germania Fire Insurance v. PitcherIndiana Supreme Court · 1902
- State ex rel. Crow v. EtchesonIndiana Supreme Court · 1912
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