108 Iowa 382 | Iowa | 1899
— The policy in suit purports to insure the plaintiff against loss or damage by fire, to the amount of four hundred dolíai s, on a dwelling house, and three hundred dollars on furniture and other household property, for the term of five years from the sixth day of February, 1892. On the twenty-fifth day of January, 1896, the dwelling house and nearly or quite all of the personal property insured were destroyed by fire; and the plaintiff seeks to recover, on account of the loss sustained, the amount of the policy. The answer denies all liability, and pleads various defenses. The verdict was directed on the motion of the defendant.
Chapter 210 of the Acts - of the Eighteenth General Assembly, in force when the policy in suit was issued and ■when the loss in question occurred, contains the following:
“Section 2. Within thirty days prior to or at any time after the maturity of any note or contract, whether assessable or where the time of payment is fixed in the contract, given
We conclude that the district court erred in sustaining the motion to direct a verdict. Nor the errors pointed out, the judgment is Reversed.