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AETNA CAS. & SUR. CO. v. OSBORNE-McM. E. CO.

26 Wis.2d 292 (1965)

AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY and others, Appellants, v. OSBORNE-MCMILLAN ELEVATOR COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

February 2, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there were briefs by Francis J. Wilcox and Wilcox & Sullivan, all of Eau Claire; by Donald N. Clausen and Clausen, Hirsh, Miller & Gorman, all of Chicago, Illinois; and by R. E. Anderson and Hughes, Anderson, Davis & Witkin, all of Superior; and oral argument by Francis J. Wilcox.

For the respondent there was a brief by Peter Dorsey, William A. Whitlock, and Dorsey, Owen, Marquart, Windhorst & West, all of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and by Robert H. Gee and Powell, Sprowls & Gee, all of Superior, and oral argument by Robert H. Gee and Peter Dorsey.

HALLOWS, J.

This appeal raises the question of what is an explosion as that term is used in the insurance policies applied to the insured's business of storing and handling grain in Superior, Wisconsin. The word "explosion" is not defined in the policies but the exclusion clause of the endorsement provides: "Loss by explosion shall include direct loss resulting from the explosion of accumulated gases or unconsumed fuel within the firebox (or combustion chamber) of...

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