Limburg v. German Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Keokuk Superior Court. — Hon. H. Bank, Jr., Judge. Action on a policy of insurance. Jury trial; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff:. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtKinne, J.
The defendant company issued to the plaintiff its policy of insurance for the sum of five *710hundred dollars on a frame store building in the city of Keokuk, Iowa. The policy insured the property against loss by fire from September 4, 1890, to the fourth day of September, 1891. On March 29, 1891, the property was partially destroyed by fire. The plaintiff brings this action to recover, claiming that the loss is total. The defendant pleads a provision in the policy that if the premises “be or become vacant or unoccupied, and remain so for ten days,” the policy shall be void. It alleges that, for…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Herrman v. . Merchants' Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Ashworth v. Builders' Mutual Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Cooks v. Continental InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1879
- Dennison v. Phœnix InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1879
- Shackelton v. Sun Fire OfficeMichigan Supreme Court · 1884
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Connecticut Fire Ins. v. BuchananCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
- Cone v. Century Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1908
- Mauck v. Northwestern National InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1929
- World Mutual Benefit Ass'n v. WorthingNebraska Supreme Court · 1900
- Glandon v. Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Ass'n of IowaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1930
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