Midwest Metal Stamping Co. v. Citizens Fund Mutual Fire Insurance

This was originally commenced as an action at law, to'recover on an insurance policy,-for loss by fire of machinery and fixtures constituting a locker and cold storage system. By amendment plaintiff asked reformation of the policy, -and the cause was transferred to equity and tried as an equitable action.

In March 1937, Frank Mickalek, of Toledo, Iowa, entered into a contract with the plaintiff, the Midwest Metal Stamping Company, for machinery, lockers, and installation of a locker system to be constructed in Mickalek’s Market in Toledo. The .contract provided for the purchase of equipment,…