Schaffer v. Hampton Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance

1 Reported in 235 N.W. 618, 236 N.W. 327. Plaintiff had a verdict in a suit upon two fire insurance policies issued by defendant covering two barns, shed, and silos on his farm which were damaged or destroyed in a fire occurring on the evening of December 17, 1928. A motion for judgment non obstante or a new trial was denied, and defendant appeals.

Of the two barns destroyed the smaller was the westerly, in which the fire started. The evidence is conclusive that at the time of the fire distillation of alcohol was carried on in the smaller barn. A great number of neighboring farmers called to…