Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Wilkes County

Felton, Chief Judge.

The policy which is the subject of suit in this case provides that coverage “is extended to include direct loss by windstorm.” In support of the general grounds of its motion for a new trial the defendant company argues that the evidence does not show a windstorm within the meaning of the policy. The term “windstorm” is not defined in the policy. In such case a common definition of the term is “a wind of sufficient violence to be capable of damaging the insured property, either by its own unaided action, or by projecting some object against it.” See in this connection…