Key v. Des Moines Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Taylor District Court. — Hon. R. C. Henry, Judge. This is an action on a policy of insurance, to recover for loss sustained by reason of a high. wind. The cause was tried to a jury, and a verdict and judgment rendered in favor of plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The policy of insurance upon which this action was brought in terms insured plaintiff against loss or damage by high winds, cyclones or tornadoes, on his dwelling house and contents, to the amount of three hundred dollars, for the term of five years, commencing on the second day of May, 1888. On the fourteenth day of April, 1886, the property aforesaid was destroyed by a high wind. A few days after the loss it was adjusted by an agent of defendant at two hundred and fifty dollars. Plaintiff demands judgment for that amount, with interest, and recovered it in the court below.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Stone v. Hawkeye Ins.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1886
- Lamb v. Council Bluffs Ins.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1886
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- Reynolds v. Iowa & Nebraska InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
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- Green v. Phoenix InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1934
- Carey v. Home InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
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