Runkle v. Hartford Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court. — Hon. William Gr. Thompson, Judge. Action at law upon a policy of fire insurance. Trial to a jury. Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
*417.1 2 *416On the fifth day of February, 1894, the defendant issued a policy of fire insurance, for the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars to the firm, of Wetzel & Bovey, upon their stock of general merchandise, contained in a two-story brick building in the town of Lisbon, Linn county, Iowa. On the twenty-ninth day of May, 1894, the said building, with its contents, was totally destroyed by fire. After the fire, the firm of Wetzel & Bovey assigned their policy and the claim arising thereunder to the plaintiffs, in trust for the benefit of their creditors. This action was brought by the…
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