Davidson v. German Insurance Co. of Freeport

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Garretson, J.

The plaintiff had a policy of insurance in the defendant company. Pie suffered loss by ñre, and sued upon tire policy to recover the amount of that loss. Two defences were interposed — first, that the defendant had canceled the policy before the fire occurred; second, that the plaintiff did not suffer the loss claimed.

Judgment having gone for the plaintiff, the defendant sued out this writ of error.

The policy, which was of the standard form, contained the following clause: “This policy shall be canceled at any time at the request of the…