Allen v. Hartford Fire Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jackson, J.:

In the court below, Allen sued the insurance company on a collapse clause in a fire and extended coverage insurance policy issued by the defendant company covering a dwelling house which, at the time of the alleged loss, seems to have been Allen’s home. Two other insurance companies were originally made parties defendant. These companies had issued other policies of a similar nature which insured half of any loss by collapse of the house. These companies later settled with plaintiff and paid half of the loss and were dismissed as parties to…