Legal Opinion

Siltz v. Hawkeye Ins.

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided October 19, 1886PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from Decatur District Court. Action at law upon a policy of insurance, to recover the amount insured against loss by fire upon a building and certain contents, owned by plaintiff. There was a judgment upon a verdict for plaintiff*. Defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.

I. We will, in the consideration of the'case, notice the objections to the judgment in the order of their presentation by defendant’s counsel, and will state the facts involved in each point in connection with the discussion thereof.

1. Evidence: admission: error without prejudice. E. S. Siltz, the husband of plaintiff,- and a witness in her behalf, testified that, three or four days after the fire, W. C. Cole came to the house of the witness, claiming 7 » io represent defendant, and that the purj>ose of ]^8 yisit was to settle and adjust the loss. He made out proofs of loss. The witness was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Viele v. Germania InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
  2. Jordan v. State InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1884

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Walrod v. Webster CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
  2. Tobey v. Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1895
  3. Carey v. Home InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
  4. Neimeyer v. Weyerhaueser & DenkmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1895
  5. Scott v. Security Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896

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