Maryland Casualty Company v. Frank

OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, J.:

The insurance company appeals from a summary judgment awarded its insured, the respondent, on a claim which arose out of a fire that damaged the insured’s property in Reno to such extent that the city condemned the building and ordered it demolished.

The insurance company contended that it was liable only for the amount necessary to restore the insured building to its condition before the fire and accordingly offered $3,522. Respondents contend that the building was a total loss, that no city building permit could issue to permit repairs, that the city’s…