Wyoming Sawmills, Inc. v. Transportation Insurance

This is an action by an insured against an insurance company to recover the amount of a claim paid by the insured and asserted by it to have been covered by a policy of comprehensive general liability insurance. The action was tried by the court sitting without a jury upon a stipulated statement of facts and documentary exhibits. Defendant appeals from a judgment for plaintiff.

Plaintiff, a lumber manufacturer, sold 2x4 studs to North Pacific Lumber Company which, in turn, sold them to Morris-Knudsen Company, a building contractor. Morris-Knudsen then used the studs in the construction of…