Westenhaver Bros. v. German American Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
A.ppeal from Winnebago District Court. — Hon. C. H. Keleey, Judge. Action at law on a policy of fire insurance. Directed verdict for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
1 *7282 3 *727Defendant issued to plaintiffs a policy of fire insurance covering a stock of general merchandise in the town of Buffalo Center. The policy contained conditions requiring an arbitration of the amount of loss in case of damage by fire, precedent to a right of recovery thereof. The amount was to be ascertained by two competent and disinterested appraisers, the insured and the company each selecting one, and the two so chosen to ■select a competent and disinterested umpire. The appraisers were then to estimate the loss and appraise the same, stating separately sound value and damage, and,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Meyer v. HouckSupreme Court of Iowa · 1892
- Carroll v. Girard Fire Insurance of the City of PhiladelphiaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1887
- Read & Traversy v. State InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
- Levine v. Lancashire InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Adams v. New York Bowery Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1892
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Bernhard v. Rochester German InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1906
- Norwich Union Fire Ins. Soc., Limited v. CohnCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1933
- Carp v. Queen Insurance Co. of AmericaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1904
- Vernon Insurance v. MaitlenIndiana Supreme Court · 1902
- Fisher v. Merchants InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1901
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