Feshe v. Council Bluffs Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Bes Moines Bistrict Court. — Hon. Chas. H. Phelps, Judge. Action on a policy of insurance against loss or damage by fire. Trial by jury, verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, C. J.
The property insured is described in the policy as follows: “One and one-lialf story frame shingle-roof dwelling.” The policy contains the following provision: ‘ ‘ This policy shall become void if any building hereby insured, or containing the property insured, be or become wholly or partially vacant or unoccupied, or occupied for purposes not indicated in the written part of the policy.” At the time the policy was executed, the dwelling was occupied by a tenant as a dwelling-house, and the defendant pleaded that at the time it was destroyed, and for several days prior thereto, the building…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Herrman v. . Merchants' Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Phœnix Insurance v. TuckerIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
- Cummins v. . Agricultural Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Dennison v. Phœnix InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1879
- Shackelton v. Sun Fire OfficeMichigan Supreme Court · 1884
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- Continental Insurance Co. of New York v. DunningCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
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