Legal Opinion

State Insurance v. Stoffels

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1892PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Error from Coffey District Court. Action on an insurance policy. Judgment for plaintiff, Stoffels, at the November term, 1888.' The defendant Company comes to this court. The opinion states the material facts.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Strang, C.:

The plaintiff below began an action in the district court of Coffey county to recover the amount of an insurance policy issued by the said insurance company, whereby it agreed to indemnify the said plaintiff against loss or damage by fire on two frame buildings in the city of Burlington, Coffey county, Kansas, to the amount of $700. The jury trying the case returned a verdict against the company in the sum of $650, and also returned answers to certain special questions submitted to them, as follows:

“Ques. 1. What was the date of the fire which burned the building insured…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State Insurance v. MeesmanWashington Supreme Court · 1891

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Pfeifer v. Federal Express Corp.Supreme Court of Kansas · 2013
  2. O'Neil v. EpplerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1917
  3. Hart v. Citizens' Insurance Co. of PittsburgWisconsin Supreme Court · 1893
  4. Sample v. London & Lancashire Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1896
  5. Brock v. FrancisSupreme Court of Kansas · 1913

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