Pfeiffer v. General Insurance Corporation

HARRIS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, are owners of a home in Orinda, California, identified as 1 Easton Court. They purchased this home toward the end of 1957 and obtained a fire insurance policy from defendant, General Insurance Corporation. The policy included an all-physical loss and other endorsements among its extensions. Encompassed within the general damage coverage was landslide.

In the present action plaintiffs seek to recover the maximum amount set forth in the policy for landslide damage to their “dwelling,” namely, $26,000, which is the limit in the policy on…