Whitekettle v. New York Underwriters Ins. Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

In a suit on a fire insurance policy given by defendant to plaintiffs, the latter recovered a verdict, and, from the judgment entered thereon, the former appeals. The case was strenuously contested, but the assignments do not disclose any reversible error.

Appellant’s principal complaints relate to the competency of plaintiffs and their witnesses to give opinions as to the value of the insured buildings, which were located in the open country, far from any other property of like character. In sustaining its prior ruling admitting the opinion evidence, the court…