Vantage, Inc. v. Carrier Corp.

*447VANDE WALLE, Justice.

Carrier Corporation d/b/a Day & Night Co. [Carrier], appealed from a judgment awarding Hamby Creek Enterprises [Ham-by Creek] $18,075, Vantage, Inc., d/b/a Carousel Village [Vantage] $364,749, and American Hardware Mutual Insurance Company [American Hardware] $620,-071.05. We affirm.

Hamby Creek owned a building in Minot, North Dakota, which it leased to Vantage for a furniture and appliance store. American Hardware insured the premises and its contents against fire. On the evening of November 8, 1986, a fire caused over one million dollars in property damage to the…