Cook v. Continental Ins. Co.

This is an action on a policy of fire insurance, whereby the defendant insured the plaintiff's building, referred to in the evidence as "Goree-Norris building," "against all direct loss or damage by fire, except as hereinafter provided, to an amount not exceeding forty-five hundred and no/100 Dollars."

The facts are conceded to be without dispute, and for the purposes in hand may be stated to be: On June 4, 1927, a fire originated in the business district of the city of Montgomery some distance from plaintiff's building, and fanned by a strong wind, before the explosion of a charge of dynamite…