DISRUDE v. COM'L FISHERMEN'S INTER-INS. EXCH.


570 P.2d 963 (1977)

280 Or. 245

Kenneth DISRUDE, Respondent, v. COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN'S INTER-INSURANCE EXCHANGE, a California Corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Oregon, Department 1.

Decided November 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn W. McNutt, of McNutt, Gant & Ormsbee, Coos Bay, argued the cause and filed briefs for appellant.

William F. White, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Stephen H. Miller, Reedsport.

Before DENECKE, C.J., HOLMAN and HOWELL, JJ., and CAMPBELL, J. Pro Tem.


DENECKE, Chief Justice.

The controversy concerns the interpretation of a hull policy of marine insurance.

In December 1974 the defendant insurance company insured a fishing vessel. The policy recited that the "agreed valuation" of the vessel was $25,000 and the amount of insurance on the vessel was $25,000. The plaintiff, the owner and the insured, made improvements to the vessel increasing the value of the vessel to $44,000. In February 1975 the vessel was...

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