Vowles v. Yakish
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Rim District Court. — Milo P. Smith, Judge. Action for slander. The facts are fully stated in the opinion. There ivas a verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the court below for $5,000 against both defendants, who.appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
liability for slander by agent, On and for a few months prior to June 3, 1916, plaintiff conducted a grocery store in a building owned by him in Kenwood, Iowa. On the date above mentioned, the whole was totally destroyed by fire. At the time of the loss, he held a policy, issued by the Security Fire Insurance Company of Davenport, Iowa, upon the building and stock of groceries. On the day of the fire, the defendant Yakish, one of the state agents of the defendant insurance company, went to the home of plaintiff, and made some inquiry as to the origin of the fire and the extent of the loss.…
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