Colker v. Connecticut Fire Insurance Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Reversing.

The appellant, who was the owner of a building used by him as a chewing gum factory, insured it against loss by fire with the appellee in the sum of $3,000, represented by two policies, standard in form, one for $2,000, and the other for $1,000. At the time this insurance was effected, a corrugated iron structure, which then formed a part of the factory building, was used by the appellant as a place of storage. Thereafter he disconnected this corrugated iron structure from the main factory building, leaving a space of some 5 feet between them. He…