Lebas v. Patriotic Assurance Co.

Evidence was offered for the plaintiff that Lebas, on February 20th, 1922, sold an automo bile to Frank G. Howe by conditional bill of sale, for $2,800; that $1,500 was paid at the time and the balance by thirteen notes of $100 each with interest, the first due March 20th, 1922, and the others in successive monthly periods thereafter; that the bill of sale provided the title to the car should remain in Lebas till all the notes were paid; that February 25th, 1922, the defendant issued a policy of insurance to “Frank G. Howe or Bert Lebas as their interest may appear,” covering the theft of…