LEWIS v. BUENA VISTA MUTUAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION

No. 54146.

183 N.W.2d 198 (1971)

Connie LEWIS, Appellee, v. BUENA VISTA MUTUAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 19, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pendleton & Pendleton, Storm Lake, for appellant.

Wunschel & Schechtman, Carroll, for appellee.


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

The question before us in this action on a fire insurance policy is whether defendant should be permitted to endeavor to establish its defense of arson.

Plaintiff Connie Lewis owned a house and contents in Nemaha, Iowa. She obtained a fire insurance policy covering that property from defendant Buena Vista Mutual Insurance Association. Subsequently the house and contents were destroyed by fire.

Defendant did not pay the loss and...

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