United Pacific Insurance v. Schetky Equipment Co.

On July 23,1952, plaintiff issued a policy of insurance to School District 21J, Marion County. The policy required plaintiff “To pay for loss or damage to the automobile * * * caused (a) by fire * * The “automobile” was a school bus owned by the district. The policy period expired July 23, 1953. In late June of 1953 the district delivered the insured bus to defendant for extensive repair. On July 1, 1953, the bus was damaged by fire at defendant’s place of business. For the purpose of this appeal we will consider the fire to have been caused by defendant’s negligence. The trial court so found…