Daniel v. Pawtucket Mutual Insurance

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

This is a civil action based upon a fire-insurance contract between the plaintiff, Linda Daniel, and the defendant, Pawtucket Mutual Insurance Company, to recover damages from a fire loss. The case was tried before a justice of the Superior Court sitting with a jury. The matter appears before us on the plaintiff’s appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court granting the defendant's motion for a directed verdict.

The facts are not in dispute. On March 30, 1979, plaintiff allegedly suffered a loss of personal property of approximately $10,-000 as a result of a…