Garver v. Hawkeye Ins.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk Circuit Court. Action in equity to reform and recover on a policy of insurance against loss or damage by fire or lightning. Partial relief was granted the plaintiff, and both parties appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
The property insured was destroyed by fire, and consisted of “one frame barn, hay, grain, mowing-machine, wagons, carriages, farming utensils, and one threshing-machine in said barn; also work horses and live-stock in barn-yard or on farm, — all situated and being in the-quarter, section 36, township 78, range 34, county of Polk, Iowa.” In the application for insurance the property is described substantially as above stated, and among other questions asked and answered in the application by the assured is the following: “Are you the sole and undisputed owner of said land and the property to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Plath v. Minnesota Farmers' Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1877
- Ætna Insurance v. ReshMichigan Supreme Court · 1880
- Schumitsch v. American Insurance Co. of ChicagoWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
- Davis v. Iowa State Ins.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1885
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- Erb v. German-American InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
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