Zecchini

Zecchini v. Chicago Fire & Marine Insurance

Good Law
104 Cal. App. 458·1930 Cal. App. LEXIS 1007·285 P. 1072
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMarch 12, 1930Docket No. 7265.California680 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Sturtevant, J.

The plaintiff commenced an action to recover on a fire insurance policy. The trial court made findings in favor of the plaintiff and from a judgment entered thereon the defendant has appealed. The property burned in the fire included a gas and oil station and restaurant, together with the contents. Prior to the issuance of the policy the plaintiff had purchased on the installment plan the lot and the improvements that were then on it and thereafter he had moved on to the lot another building and had furnished both buildings. Among other things he had in the buildings certain items of personal property which he had purchased and had fully paid for and which were of the value of $750. He had in the buildings other items of personal property which had been purchased on conditional sales contracts and on which he had made some payments, but a comparatively small amount of the total purchase price. Thereafter on February 12, 1926, defendant issued its policy insuring plaintiff in the sum of $7,000. The policy by its terms divided the property into three items: $3,000 on the main building, $3,500 on fixtures and equipment and $500 on a small building adjacent and referred to as the…

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