Strobel v. Northwest G. F. Mutual Insurance Co.

TEIGEN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a case tried to the court without a jury and trial de novo is demanded.

The judgment appealed from allows the plaintiff to recover on a fire insurance policy, against the defendant insurance company, for the fire loss of a barn located on premises owned by another but occupied by the plaintiff’s assignor, who was the named insured. The trial court allowed recovery on the theory that the insured had an insurable interest in the barn in excess of the face amount of the policy.

The named insured was Duane Harter. He assigned the proceeds from the…