Farmers Union Fidelity Insurance v. Farmers Union Co-operative Insurance

The Farmers Union Fidelity Insurance Company, a corporation, brought this action in the district court for Douglas County against the Farmers Union Co-Operative Insurance Company, a corporation. The purpose of the action is to recover that part of a loss sustained on its policy issued to Wm. Boehnke which it claimed had been reinsured with the defendant. From a judgment for the defendant, its motions for new trial and to retax costs having been denied, the plaintiff appeals.

For convenience the appellant will be referred to as plaintiff and the appellee as defendant.

The first question that…