Farmers' Mutual Fire & Lightning Ins. v. Lecroy
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on a policy of insurance. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Wayne County; the Hon. Prince .A. Pearce, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1900.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Bigelow
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellant is organized as a Township Eire Insurance Company, under sections 100-118 of chapter 73, of Hurd’s Revised Statutes of 1899. On April 8, 1893, appellee and her husband made application to appellant for insurance on their dwelling house, and a policy for $500 was issued to them the same day. At that time appellee and her husband were the owners in common of a life estate in the tract of land upon which the dwelling was located, residing thereon as their homestead, the remainder in fee being to the bodily heirs of…
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