Western Underwriters Ass'n v. Hankins

This was an action of assumpsit commenced by the appellee in the circuit court of Sangamon county, against the appellant, upon a fire insurance policy for $2000, covering a livery barn, which was damaged by fire on the 23d day of June, 1903. A trial before a jury resulted in a verdict in favor of the appellee for the sum of $2000, upon which a remittitur of $666.67 was entered, whereupon a motion for a new trial was overruled and judgment was rendered in favor of the appellee for the sum of $1333.33, which has been affirmed by the Appellate Court for the Third District, and a further appeal…