Hauenstein v. St. Paul-Mercury Indemnity Co.

Matson, Justice.

Plaintiffs appeal from a declaratory judgment for the defendant.

Plaintiffs, as copartners doing business as The Hauenstein Company, were distributors of a new type of plaster known as Softone Acoustical Plaster. At all times herein plaintiffs were covered against liability for accidental property damage by an insurance contract with the defendant insurance company under which contract the defendant-insurer agreed:

“To Pay any loss by reason of the liability imposed by law or contract upon the Insured for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the…