Were No Beans But Barns Burned

WERE NO BEANS

BUT BARNS BURNED

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KEARNEY CLAIMES THERE WERE

400 BU. IN THE BARN

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INSURANCE COMPANY CLAIMS

ONLY A FEW WERE

THERE.

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In February or March last Thomas

P. Kearney lost his barns by fire. He

was insured in the Washtenaw Fire

Insurance Co. Kearney claimed there

were 400 bushels of beans in the barn 

which were burned. The insurance 

company refused to allow the claim,

holding that there were no beans there,

or if there were any, there were not

400 bushels, in fact but very

few bushels. As the parties were unable to

come to any settlement of the matter

resort was had to arbitrators. Kearney

selected Peter Cook, the insurance com-

pany selected Andrew Campbell and

these two selected Wm. Aprill for the

third arbitrator. The issue will be

heard at the court house Aug. 17. A.

J. Sawyer represents Mr. Kearney and

Lawrence & Butterfield and Cavanaugh

& Wedemeyer the insurance company.