Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial granted, with costs to abide the event.
A clause in the policy suspended liability if the insured building became "vacant or unoccupied beyond a period of sixty consecutive days". At the trial, the parties stipulated that the fire occurred on January 27, 1975. There was testimony that the building had been rented to a tenant who employed 45 persons and approximately 50 to 60 machines in the manufacture of wire and tubular...
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