Lake v. Farmers' Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Harrison District Gourt. — Hon. F. R. Gay-nor, Judge. Action on insurance policy. The defendant appeals from a judgment rendered against it.
1Opinion of the Court
Ladd, J.-
1 2 One of the policies, issued June 8, 1896, under which the loss occurred December 11th following, covered a building and the merchandise therein, and the other household goods. The loss was entire, except merchandise saved to the agreed value of five hundred dollars. The proofs doubtless would have been more satisfactory, had not the plaintiff’s books and-papers been destroyed by> the fire. They were, under the circumstances, sufficient to sustain the jury’s findings of value. The rulings on, the admissibility of evidence, except in two instances were so evidently correct that we…
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