Bartemeier v. Central National Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Muscatine District Court. — F. D. Letts, Judge. The above-entitled actions were brought at law to recover upon several policies of insurance against loss or damage by fire. The answer in each case sets up the same defense, and, by stipulation of the parties, the record of testimony in the case first entitled was made applicable to the others.
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Appeal from Muscatine District Court. — F. D. Letts, Judge. The above-entitled actions were brought at law to recover upon several policies of insurance against loss or damage by fire. The answer in each case sets up the same defense, and, by stipulation of the parties, the record of testimony in the case first entitled was made applicable to the others. There was a jury trial, and at the close of the testimony, the court directed a verdict for the defendants, and the plaintiffs appeal. Like judgments were entered in each of the remaining cases, and in each, the plaintiffs have appealed. The…
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
l. insurance : forfeiture: change of title: assignment for itoi’s0* non-ae-0’ sijneece by as Plaintiffs allege the issuanee of the policies sued upon to the South r x Muscatine Lumber Company, and the loss x • ’ the insure<l property by fire on May 17, 191J, within the period covered by said insurance. As showing their right to recover *357thereon, they allege that, on the day following the fire, they accepted an assignment made to them by the lumber company of all its property for the benefit of its creditors, and that, as trustees so constituted, they became vested Avith said right of action.…
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