Elowe v. Superior Fire Insurance

Mr. Presiding Justice Friend

delivered the opinion of the court.

Nat Elowe brought suit against the Superior Fire Insurance Company to recover damages for a fire loss covered under a policy issued by defendant. Trial by the court without a jury resulted in findings and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $350, from which defendant appeals.

The essential facts, as to which there is substantially no dispute, disclose that early in April, 1937, Andrew W. Wanek, an insurance broker or agent, took a one year membership in the National Health Club in Chicago, which entitled him to massages and steam…