Germinder v. Machinery Mutual Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pocahontas District Court. — Non. A. D. Bailie, Judge. Action at law on a policy of insurance issued to indemnify plaintiff against loss or damage by fire or lightning on a steam engine, separator, stacker, self-binder, weigher, and water tank. Trial to a jury, verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
The separator, stacker, self-binder, and weigher covered by the policy of insurance were destroyed or damaged by a fire which occurred about 9:30 o’clock in the evening of November 1, 1899. Defendant pleaded certain false and fraudulent representations made by plaintiff in bis application for insurance concerning the value, condition, and operation of the threshing outfit, and averred that the fire was caused by plaintiff himself. *616In reply, plaintiff averred that defendant’s agent wrote the application, and stated that he was advised by said agent to give the cost price of the machinery as…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hanners v. McClellandSupreme Court of Iowa · 1888
- Palmer v. Cedar Rapids & Marion Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1901
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
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