Hawkinson Tread Tire Service Co. v. Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance

VAN OSDOL, C.

Appeal from a judgment for $14,611.74, the amount found by the trial court to have been the “actual loss sustained,” indemnified by a fire insurance policy, plaintiff Hawkinson Tread Tire Service Company, a corporation, insured. The fire occurred about noon on February 28, 1946, destroying a building and equipment therein on North Twelfth Street in St. Louis. The. building was occupied by plaintiff as a lessee. The building and equipment were occupied and used by plaintiff in its tire retreading business. Plaintiff’s lease on the building expired on the day of the fire, and…