Shawnee Fire Insurance v. Cosgrove

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

The appellant brought this action against the appellees to recover the sum of $500 which they had paid to the appellees on a policy of insurance, less its proportion of the expenses incurred by the appellees in the collection of their claim against the railroad company. The case was tried to the court without a jury, and at the conclusion of the evidence the court made findings of fact, in substance, as follows: That the appellees were the owners of a certain building and contents, which were insured in the sum of $500 in the appellant’s…