Minnesota Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. v. Smart

Julius J. Olson, Justice.

Prior to February 22, 1938,. Minnesota Farmers Mutual Insurance Company, hereafter referred to as petitioner, issued a statutory policy of fire insurance upon a certain frame building in Bemidji belonging to one Thomas J. Smart, the insured thereunder. On the date mentioned a fire occurred. The loss was not a total one. The insured died before the fire occurred, and Thomas A. Smart had been appointed and was acting as administrator of the insured’s estate. On March 31, that year, the administrator executed a verified statement in proof of his claimed loss and mailed…