Johnson v. Inland Empire Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance

This is an action to recover for loss under a fire insurance policy, tried to the court sitting ■without a jury. The plaintiff had a judgment as demanded, and the defendant has appealed.

The facts were stipulated in the trial court, and the findings based thereon are not questioned.

In order to grasp the questions of law here presented, but a brief statement of facts is required.

It appears that appellant, a mutual fire insurance company, for a valuable consideration, on September 2, 1925, issued to one Carl Johnson a policy insuring against loss by fire, for a term of three years, a certain…