Barker v. Iowa Mutual Insurance Company

The facts in this case are not in dispute. The policy covered the contents of the dwelling occupied by the insured and the members of his family, including his wife, his dependent son, Bill Barker, 19, and the son’s wife, 18, who constituted the members of the household. At the time the policy was issued all the property later lost by fire was in use by the members of the family in the dwelling in Sparta.

Subsequently, the insured rented an apartment in Ealeigb for the use of bis son and the son’s wife while the son attended classes at State College. the furnishings lost when the Ealeigb…