Sigourney Produce Co. v. Milwaukee Mechanics' Insurance

-This is an action at law on a fire insurance policy, insuring the plaintiff “against loss and damage hy fire.” The plaintiffs were engaged in the poultry business in the city of Sigourney. During the month of January, 1929, a quantity of fresh eggs was stored in one of the rooms in plaintiff’s establishment, which room was known as the “cooler.” An oil stove was used to keep the eggs in the cooler from freezing in severe weather. On the 18th day of January, 1929, at about 11 o’clock P.M., the said “cooler room” was found filled with smoke, and warm “like summer.” The party who discovered…