Legal Opinion
Polar Manufacturing Co. v. Integrity Mutual Insurance
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 28, 1960PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, C. J.
This action was before the court on a previous appeal, Polar Mfg. Co. v. Integrity Mut. Ins. Co. (1959), 7 Wis. (2d) 443, 96 N. W. (2d) 822, in which a new trial was ordered.
On October 10, 1955, the Polar Manufacturing Company, by George Klement, its president, signed a written application for fire insurance on the buildings and personal property on one of its farms. Phillip Heistad, agent for the defendant, filled in the application form with the statements given him by Klement. The application contained the following:
“(47) Has any company ever refused to write fire insurance or canceled…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kurz v. CollinsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1959
- Demirjian v. New York Life InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1931
- Haas v. Integrity Mutual InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1958
- Polar Manufacturing Co. v. Integrity Mutual InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1959
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