Wilson v. Minnesota Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Douglas county, upon a policy of insurance issued by the defendant. In its answer the defendant pleaded that the applicant for the insurance falsely represented that the property was unincumbered, whereas in fact it was mortgaged. The reply, as amended on the trial, alleged that at the time of making the insurance the defendant had knowledge-of the existence of the mortgage.
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The plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Douglas county, upon a policy of insurance issued by the defendant. In its answer the defendant pleaded that the applicant for the insurance falsely represented that the property was unincumbered, whereas in fact it was mortgaged. The reply, as amended on the trial, alleged that at the time of making the insurance the defendant had knowledge-of the existence of the mortgage. The action was tried before Collinsr J., and a jury, and plaintiff had a verdict. Defendant appeals from, an order refusing a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
The appellant’s first assignment of error is that the court erred in denying defendant’s motion for a new trial. This is too general, and is of no avail. It is no assignment of error, within the meaning of the rule which contemplates a specification of the errors by reason of which the appellant asks a reversal of the order or judgment appealed from.
The second assignment of error cannot be sustained. Under the amendment, made to the reply during the trial, it was competent for the plaintiff to show that the agent of the-defendant knew, at the time the application was made, that the property…
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