Continental Insurance v. Dorman

— This is an action by the appellee against the appellant upon a policy of insurance for the value of a barn and contents insured by the appellant and owned by the appellee, which policy of insurance was issued August 30th, 1883, and the property was destroyed by fire on the 8th day of December, 1883, in Howard county, Indiana, and this suit was brought to recover on the policy in 1888, nearly five years after the property* was destroyed.

There was a trial by jury, and a special verdict, upon which the court rendered judgment for appellee, and from the judgment this appeal is prosecuted.

The…