Pierre v. Kansas City Casualty Co.

Citations

• 80 Wash. 347
• 141 P. 690
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1302

Syllabus

<p>Insurance—Accident Insurance—-Actions—Cause of Fire—Evidence—Question for Jury. In an action upon an accident policy insuring against accidental injuries “by the burning of a building while the beneficiary is therein,” there is sufficient evidence to make a question for the jury as to whether the beneficiary's dress caught fire from the “burning of a building,” where the fire was discovered when she was sitting near a stove in the dining room, and she supposed that a blanket caught fire from the stove, but it appears that she had just previously been to the kitchen, where a burning stick was found on the floor, the linoleum and carpet in front of the kitchen range were on fire, fire had extended to and burned the floor of the next room, and it is reasonably certain that her dress caught fire from the fire in the kitchen.</p>