Meccage v. Spartan Insurance Company

Action by the insured against his insurer to collect a balance allegedly due on a fire loss under a fire insurance policy on a trailer home. The district court of Fallon County, the Hon. Alfred B. Coate, district judge, sitting without a jury, entered judgment for the insured for the full $1,500 balance allegedly due. Defendant insurer appeals from this judgment.

Plaintiff is A. L. Meccage who purchased a used 1959 Frontier Mobile Trailer Home from the Bank of Baker on January 14, 1963 for $3,000. He moved it to his farm in Fallon County where he removed the wheels, placed it on a permanent…