General Insurance Co. of America v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.

The General Insurance Company of America, a Washington corporation, issued to Peter Agor, a citizen and resident of the State of Washington, two policies for $12,000 each, insuring him against loss or damage by fire to wool and sacks contained in a warehouse situated in Benton County, Washington. While the policies were in full force, the warehouse and the wool and sacks contained therein were destroyed by a fire, which started on the 2nd of May, 1926, sometime between 7 and 10 o'clock in the evening.

Thereafter the Insurance Company made two payments to Agor, totalling $20,481.90, in…