Firemen's Insurance v. Butcher

The allegations in the bill of complaint show that on about the 17th day of October, 1927, the plaintiff Fire Insurance Company (insurer), through its agent in Brattleboro, this State, on application of Sydney E. Butcher, the son of Ella G. Butcher (insured), issued to the latter the policy in question, No. 385,352, containing items as follows: Item No. 1, insurance on the main house $5,000; Item No. 2, insurance on household and personal property, $500; and Item No. 3, barn and addition, $1,500: Total $7,000. The policy contained a provision whereby the loss, if any, on real estate, was…