Firemen's Insurance v. Larsen

1. This is an action on a fire insurance policy. Where the plaintiff’s building is insured with three insurance companies, each contracting to pay one-third of whatever loss, not in excess of $3000, that is suffered by the insured on account of fire, and where there is a fire and damage to the plaintiff’s building, and the defendant denies that the damage thereto is as great as claimed by the plaintiff, but does not deny liability to pay its share of the loss actually sustained by the plaintiff, it was error to permit the plaintiff to introduce testimony that one of the other insurance…