National Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford v. Walker Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co.

REEVES, Chief Judge.

The motion for a new trial raises the single question whether the verdict of the jury was against the weight of the evidence. The defendant particularly complains “that the defendant Walker Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company was entitled to recover some amount for sprinkler damage.”

The original action was instituted by the plaintiff for a declaratory judgment. The plaintiff had issued its policy or contract of insurance to defendant Walker Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company insuring property located at 1120 Oak Street, Kansas City, Missouri, described as a three-story building…