Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance v. Hull

Robinson, O. J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The simple question in this case, is whether the plaintiff is entitled to recover on a fire policy issued by the-' *501•defendant, the damage sustained by him in the loss of his barn and its contents by lire. The defendant denies its liability because of the breach or forfeiture of the policy by the plaintiff.

About a year before the lire, the plaintiff bought a portable steam engine, and stationed it 'within thirty feet of the rear or west eud of the barn. The engine was connected by means of a strap and pulley to a chopper inside of the barn,…