Pratt v. Hanover Fire Insurance Co.

This action of assumpsit was tried by a justice of the Superior Court, jury trial having been waived. The trial justice rendered a decision for defendant. The case is before this court on plaintiffs’ exception to this decision.

June 23, 1927, Leo E. Picard, doing business under the name and style of Woonsocket Reo Sales & Service Co., sold an automobile to Frank J. Pratt on conditional sale taking his notes for the purchase price. Picard endorsed the notes and assigned his interest in the automobile to J. C. and Morris Falk.. As a part of the transaction Pratt procured insurance from defendant…