Coburn v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company

SMITH, Justice.

Appellant (defendant) has appealed from a judgment of $10,908 rendered in favor of respondents (plaintiffs) by the district court of Butte County. The judgment was the result of an action brought by respondents for recovery of the value of their three-fourths interest in a stored crop of potatoes destroyed by fire, allegedly insured by a fire insurance policy issued by appellant. The potatoes were grown by respondents as tenants of O. T. and Ruby I. Jones, who retained the remaining one-fourth interest in the crop.

Appellant, by answer and related instruments, admitted its…