Taubman v. Allied Fire Ins. Co. of Utica

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

The appeals in these cases were taken from two judgments of $4,480 each recov*159ered by the plaintiff in actions on policies of fire insurance issued by the defendants. By agreement the cases were tried together and all parties have appealed, the plaintiff on the ground that the amounts recovered were insufficient and the defendants on the ground that verdicts in their favor should have been directed by the Judge.

The plaintiff is a wholesale and retail dealer in automobile accessories. His business was conducted in a three story and basement brick building of which the…