Siemers v. Meeme Mutual Home Protection Insurance Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Manito-woc county: Michael KiRwaw, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff Ida, Siemers is the mother of Fred and Edward F. Siemers, her coplaintiffs. F. A. Siemers, the husband and father, died intestate on March 29, 1896, leaving ■six children and the widow living.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Manito-woc county: Michael KiRwaw, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff Ida, Siemers is the mother of Fred and Edward F. Siemers, her coplaintiffs. F. A. Siemers, the husband and father, died intestate on March 29, 1896, leaving ■six children and the widow living. The estate was administered in the county court, and in 1900 the lands and personal property were assigned to the six children subject to the homestead and dower rights of the widow. The farm and personal property were 'occupied and used by the widow until December 1, 1903, when she leased the…
1Opinion of the CourtBarnes, J.
1. The appellant contends that the policy of insurance became void because the following clause found therein was violated by the insured:
“All property must be insured in the names of all the owners, and the application must state the name of each owner or the policy will be void.”
In this case the insured buildings, being a part of the homestead, descended to the widow during widowhood. Sec. 2271, Stats. (1898). Whether it was a violation of the terms of the insurance contract to insure the property in her name, rather than in the joint names of the widow and the remaindermen, is a doubtful…
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