Jackson v. Republic Mutual Fire Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action on two policies of insurance issued by a mutual fire insurance company.

*572The defense was that plaintiff had rendered the policies nugatory by obtaining additional insurance without the written consent of defendant indorsed on them as provided by the by-laws which were incorporated in the insurance contracts.

Plaintiff’s petition was in two counts, the first of which alleged that defendant had issued a policy, No. 54,054, for $1,000 on plaintiff’s farm dwelling and $500 on his household goods. The second cause of action…