Batzel v. Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Sparta

Plaintiffs are retired farmers residing in the city of Sparta. Defendant is a nonregistered town mutual insurance company organized under ch. 202, Stats. Plaintiffs own a farm in the township of Angelo. On *582December 28, 1931, defendant issued a policy of fire insurance upon the farm buildings on this farm; the amount of such insurance applicable to the dwelling house being $2,200. In November, 1932, plaintiff leased all of the farm lands to one Leverich. The farmhouse was separately leased to one O. C. Loomis on a month to month basis. This lease carried something more thari an acre of land in…