Clark v. Western Insurance Co. of America

The owner of a residence property in Seattle procured fire insurance in the sum of four thousand dollars on the building for three years from March 25, 1929, the policy being issued by the defendant Western Insurance Company of America. Thereafter, the property was conveyed to another, who, in turn, sold it to Mrs. Julia A. Clark, a resident of Seattle, who executed and delivered to C. A. Jahns a lease to the property for one year from August 9,1929, at forty-five dollars per month, payable monthly in advance, and on that date received the rent for the first and last two months of the term.…