Employers Casualty Company v. Winslow

CLAYTON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Presidio County rendered in favor of the plaintiffs (appellees) in the amount of $100,000.00 against the defendant insurance company (appellant). The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court, wherever possible. Suit was on an alleged oral policy of fire insurance said to have been contracted for by the defendant, covering an ore mill and equipment which plaintiffs had erected in Presidio County. Construction was started on the mill about the first of January, 1958 and continued until about May…