Home Ins. Co. v. Tydal Co.

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment on a jury verdict for $15,000 rendered in a suit upon a fire insurance policy. Liability was conceded and only the amount recoverable was in dispute. The plaintiff below, appellee here, was claiming $19,226.67, which was the amount it contended was actually expended in restoring the burned portion of the insured plant, or $20,000 which it contended was the difference between the value of the plant before the fire ($30,000) and the value of what was left afterwards ($10,000).

The policy was for $26,800 on the plant. It bore riders which…