McDowell v. Fireman's Fund Insurance

Statement.

BuoNsoN, J.

This is an action upon a policy of fire insurance. Defendant has appealed from a judgment in plaintiff’s favor and from an order denying judgment non obstante or, in the alternative, for a new trial. The facts are: Plaintiff owned a half section of land with two separate dwellings thereon. On Jan. lYth, 1918, defendant issued its policy of $1,000 for a term of three years upon one of these dwellings. This dwelling was distant about three fourths of a mile from the other, the home dwelling. The former was then occupied by a tenant. Later, it was occupied by plaintiff’s son…