Boren v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York

WOLFE, Acting Presiding Judge.

This is an action to recover from the defendant insurance company a fire loss that occurred when the plaintiff’s insured vehicle ran off the road and burned. The trial was to the court. There was a finding and judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $7,500, and the defendant appealed.

There is no dispute about the following facts. The plaintiff was engaged in the “wrecker and garage” business at LaMotte, Missouri. His truck, which is the vehicle here in question, was a' tow truck described by the plaintiff as an “F-800, overhead valve with a five-speed…