Bowden v. General Insurance Co. of America

The plaintiff, Bowden, seeks recovery upon an insurance policy issued by the defendant insurance company, insuring his Paige automobile against damage or loss by fire. Trial in the superior court for Kittitas county, sitting without a jury, resulted in findings and judgment awarding to Bowden recovery in the sum of $700. From this judgment, the insurance company has appealed to this court.

In June, 1923, Bowden purchased the automobile from a dealer. It had been used, as Bowden was then informed, only by the dealer, and had been driven eight thousand miles. It was, we shall assume, a model of…