Pickett v. German Fire Insurance

Opinion by

Clogston, C.:

Plaintiff brought this action against the defendant upon an application of insurance made *698by him with the agent of the defendant. The application was written upon one of the company’s regular blanks, and so much thereof as is material to this inquiry is as follows:

“Application of Albert Pickett, of Canton, county of McPherson, state of Kansas, for insurance against loss or damage by fire, by the German Fire Insurance Company, of Peoria, Illinois, in the sum of $740, for the term of one year from the 27th day of July, 1885.”

Here follows the description of the property.…