Smart v. New Hampshire Insurance

428 Mich. 236 (1987)

407 N.W.2d 362

SMART

v.

NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE CO

Docket No. 77324, (Calendar No. 13).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued November 13, 1986.

Decided June 15, 1987.

Daniel Loznak for the plaintiffs.

Peacock & Ingleson, P.C. (by Gregory A. Elzinga and Lyle Andrew Peck), for the defendants.

LEVIN, J.

Defendant The New Hampshire Insurance Co., issued, for a period commencing May 1, 1980, a policy of fire insurance covering a motel and other property owned by plaintiffs Ross and Viola Smart. This policy replaced a policy issued by Great American Insurance Company that expired May 1, 1980.…