City of New York Ins. Co. v. Gugenheim

Defendant in error instituted this suit, seeking to recover from plaintiff in error damages which he claimed to have suffered to his home by reason of a fire. There was no controversy about tbe policies of insurance being issued, tbe fact that defendant in error had suffered damages, or the amount thereof; plaintiff in error’s sole contentions being that the fire which caused the damage was a “friendly” fire, and, further, that there was no actual burning, but that the only damage was from smoke and soot. Defendant in error’s home was equipped with an oihburning furnace, which was so arranged…