Tadian v. Continental Forwarding, Inc.

This is an appeal from a unanimous affirmance by the Appellate Term of a judgment of the Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County, in favor of the insured.

The insured (and third-party plaintiff) is the Continental Forwarding, Inc., and its business is, as its name indicates, that of freight forwarding. The defendant, Guaranty National Insurance Company, had issued to Continental an insurance *335policy. The purpose of the policy was to insure Continental against auto theft “ occurring while such automobile or other property is in the custody of the insured for safekeeping, storage,…