English v. Franklin Fire Insurance

Defendant in January, 1883, issued to plaintiff a policy whereby he was insured to the amount of two thousand dollars on his household goods, furniture, clothing, etc., “ all contained in his two-story frame dwelling house and additions, occupied as a residence” in Saginaw city, and to the further amount of three hundred dollars on his horse, buggies, hay, etc., and barn tools. A fire occurred November 13, 1883, which so far injured the house as to render it uninhabitable. At the time of this fire much of the household goods covered by the policy was removed to the barn and stored there. The…