YOUNG v. FIREMEN'S INS. OF WASHINGTON, D.C.

No. 81-546.

463 A.2d 675 (1983)

Annie Belle YOUNG, et al., Appellants, v. FIREMEN'S INSURANCE CO. OF WASHINGTON, D.C., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 5, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert N. Lobl, Washington, D.C., for appellants.

George H. Eggers, Silver Spring, Md., for appellee.

Before MACK, FERREN and TERRY, Associate Judges.


FERREN, Associate Judge:

Charles Young and his mother, Bessie, bought a home in Southeast Washington, D.C. in 1960 and insured it against damage from fire. Firemen's Insurance Company covered the Youngs' home under its "Standard Fire Insurance Policy," which promised to insure "the insured named above and legal representatives . . . against all DIRECT LOSS BY FIRE. . . ." (emphasis in original).1

Bessie Young died in 1972. Charles...

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