Hartford Fire Ins. v. Meyer

This is an action to enjoin a' judgment rendered in the district court of Cass county. It appears from the record that in 1883 one ¥m. R. Carter was engaged in the mercantile business in Cass and had his stock insured in the Hartford company for the sum of $650; that during the spring of that year, and while said policy was in full force, the goods were greatly injured or destroyed by fire; that the firm of Cook, Phillips & Wells had a chattel mortgage on said stock for the sum of $228, and after the loss they filed a petition in equity enjoining the plaintiff from adjusting the loss and…