Engel v. State Mutual Rodded Fire Ins.

Plaintiff, on trial before the court without a jury, had judgment. The counts on which the case was submitted are in tort and charge that plaintiff sustained damage because of negligence, fraud and deceit on the part of the defendant mutual fire insurance company, the charge being the company led plaintiff to believe that certain property was insured in defendant company when in fact it was not so insured and in consequence thereof plaintiff sustained a fire loss of the uninsured property. The judgment, seemingly on the ground of estoppel, was for $2,300, this being the amount for which…