Grandview Inland Fruit Co. v. Hartford Fire Insurance

A fire insurance policy was issued by defendant on June 18, 1934, in the amount of ten thousand dollars upon a one and one-half story frame and brick warehouse, owned and operated by the plaintiff. The warehouse, which consisted of the main floor and basement, was one hundred feet long by fifty feet wide.

On May 22, 1935, the building was destroyed by fire. Plaintiff held three policies of fire insurance, including the one described above, in defendant company, covering property in Grandview. The defendant’s adjuster claimed that the loss was partial and amounted to $8,114. The plaintiff…