Day v. Hustisford Farmers Mutual Insurance

This is an action brought to recover upon a fire insurance policy issued by the appellant company to one Fred Day. A coverage of $1,200 was placed on “frame and log barn and shed and silo.” This property burned on the 1st day of April, 1925. On the 2d day of April Fred Day conveyed the farm upon which these buildings were located to the plaintiffs and assigned to them his cause of action under the insurance policy for the fire loss sustained .on April 1st. The company interposed numerous defenses. The court directed a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs.

*162Appellant’s first contention is that the…