Howarth v. Pfeifer

DIMOND, Justice.

Following a fire which destroyed certain property in Spenard, Alaska, in 1961, appellant sought damages in this action resulting from an alleged breach of an oral contract for fire insurance and from an alleged negligent misrepresentation that fire insurance had been obtained with respect to such property. The trial court found that there was insufficient evidence of an oral contract for fire insurance for that issue to go to the jury, and directed a verdict in appellee’s favor as to such issue. The issue regarding the alleged negligent misrepresentation was submitted to the…