Kandralyan v. Royal Insurance Co.

This was an action of contract in which the plaintiff sought to recover the fair value of his motor vehicle under the provisions of an automobile theft insurance policy issued by the defendant to the plaintiff.1 Defendant denied that a theft had occurred and alleged that the plaintiff had made material misrepresentations in connection with his claim.

At the trial, there was evidence tending to show:

On August 16,1989, the Plaintiff was the owner of a 1987 Ford Ranger truck that was insured against theft by the Defendant, and which he had parked overnight along side his store in Methuen,…