Roach-Strayhan-Holland Post No. 20, American Legion Club, Inc. v. Continental Insurance

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Continental Insurance Company of New York, prosecutes this appeal from a judgment in favor of plain tiff, Roach-Straylian-Holland Post No. 20, American Legion Club, Inc., for $5,000, the limit of a policy of fire insurance with extended coverage, including “direct loss by windstorm,” 1 issued by defendant on an American Legion Hall built by plaintiff, contending that the collapse of the building was due to improper construction, and assigning as error the trial judge’s holding that plaintiff established by a preponderance of the evidence that a loss by…