Mark v. Plainview Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co.

COYNE, Justice.

Plainview Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company obtained further review of a decision of the court of appeals affirming the summary judgment entered in the trial court for the insureds Mark and Brian Schneider, d.b.a. Schneider Farms. Both lower courts concluded that the common law rule of proof that the insured received notice of cancellation is necessary to establish a legally effective cancellation of a policy issued by a township mutual insurance company. Schneider v. Plainview Farmers Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 391 N.W.2d 68 (Minn.App.1986). We reverse.

While the underlying facts…