MORTON v. GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 7820.

419 P.2d 239 (1966)

77 N.M. 35

Craig MORTON, Jr., and Anne L. Morton, his wife, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

October 10, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Toulouse, Ruud, Gallagher & Walters, Albuquerque, for appellant.

Richard C. Losh, Albuquerque, for appellee.


OPINION

NOBLE, Justice.

Great American Insurance Company (hereafter referred to as Insurance Company) has appealed from a judgment against it and in favor of Craig Morton, its insured, arising under its policy of insurance covering the "collapse of building(s) or any part thereof, * * *."

Briefly, the court found that a structural engineer, upon inspection, determined that one pier supporting the first floor of the Morton house had tilted about ten...

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