MUTUAL FIRE INS. AGENCY v. SLATER & GILROY, INC.


265 S.W.2d 788 (1954)

MUTUAL FIRE INS. AGENCY OF LOUISVILLE, Inc. v. SLATER & GILROY, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 5, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, Louisville, for appellant.

Mapother & Morgan, Louisville, for appellee.


COMBS, Justice.

The appellee recovered judgment in the amount of $2,237.20 on a fire insurance policy issued by the appellant. The property damaged by the fire was a furnace and appurtenant parts. When discovered, the fire had escaped from the furnace and covered the entire furnace pit.

The question is whether the damage was caused by a friendly fire or a hostile fire, or by a combination of both. Generally speaking, a fire that burns in a place where it is...

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