Des Moines Ice Co. v. Niagara Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. S. F. Balliett, Judge. Action at law upon a policy of insurance against loss by fire. There was a trial by jury, verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, C. J.
*1951 2 *1963 *194I. The policy of insurance upon which the action is founded, was issued by the defendant to the plaintiff on the eleventh day of April, 1891. The property insured was an ice house on the shore of Lost Island Lake, in Palo Alto county, in this state. The insurance was for one year, and for the sum of one thousand dollars. The ice house was destroyed by fire on the fifteenth of October, 1891. The defendant, by its answer, admitted the issuing of the policy, and the receipt of notice and proofs of loss. One defense interposed by the answer was as follows: “This entire policy, unless…
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