Smith v. Royal Ins.

ROCHE, District Judge.

Plaintiff, former holder of a month-to-month tenancy on an estate at Belvedere, California, seeks to recover $15,000 from defendant on a valued fire insurance policy. This case, submitted to the court at the conclusion of the third trial (see Smith v. Royal Insurance Company, D.C., 5 F.Supp. 435; Royal Ins. Co. v. Smith, 9 Cir., 77 F.2d 157; Smith v. Royal Ins. Co., 9 Cir., 93 F.2d 143; Id., D.C., 26 F.Supp. 238; Id., 9 Cir., 111 F.2d 667, 130 A.L.R. 812), presents certain affirmative defenses for the first time. In the last hearing before the Circuit Court, the question…