Zielke v. London Assurance Corp.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. Action upon a policy of insurance against fire. The facts will sufficiently appear from the opinion.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. Action upon a policy of insurance against fire. The facts will sufficiently appear from the opinion. The jury returned a special verdict by which they found, among other things, that the defendant’s agent did not inform the plaintiff that the examination which she had submitted to from him was not proofs of loss and that proofs of loss must be made by her in accordance with the policy; and that the defendant, by its agent, after the loss occurred, denied all liability and refused to pay the plaintiff the loss under the policy. The jury also…
1Opinion of the CourtOeton, J.
The questions raised and discussed on this appeal are mainly of fact and incidentally only of law.
1. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff furnished to the company due proofs of loss, and he attempted to prove such allegation by showing that the plaintiff presented in time a long list or schedule of the property destroyed, and *444the value of each article, to the agent of the company, which was examined by him, and returned without objection to the form or authentication thereof, and without requiring any other or further proofs, and at the same time said agent compelled the plaintiff to…
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