Hessen v. Iowa Automobile Mutual Insurance

On the 13th day of October 1920 a policy of insurance was issued by the defendant company to the plain*142tiff insuring against theft a certain Buick touring automobile, Model 1919, factory number 321311. The policy was issued for á term of one year and it is alleged by plaintiff that the automobile therein described was stolen on the 9th day of October, 1921 resulting in a loss to plaintiff in the sum of $1,350. The defendant in answer, inter alia alleged that the plaintiff never had an insurable interest in the automobile referred to in plaintiff’s petition, and that he never owned or had an…