Phenix Ins. v. Kerr
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is an action on a policy of insurance against fire for damages caused by the burning of an elevator. The complaint was in the usual form. The answer was that the policy had been canceled before the fire, that the insured was not the sole and unconditional owner of the property, and that no proofs of loss had been made. The plaintiff replied that the company had denied its liability on the ground that there was no contract of insurance, and had thereby waived the proofs of loss. The case was tried to a jury. At the close of the trial the plaintiff requested the…
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