Watson v. Firemen's Insurance

In this action to recover upon policies of fire insurance the question presented by the case as transferred is whether there was any evidence from which it could be found that the origin of the fire was a risk insured against. The cause of the fire was an explosion, resultant from pouring gasoline into an automobile tank, by the light of an ordinary kerosene lantern. In the original policies all use of gasoline within the buildings was prohibited. This, under our decisions, would put the risk outside the policies, whether the insured knew of the use or not. Badger v. Platts, 68 N. H. 222. The…