Sinincrope v. Hartford Fire Insurance

Clark, J.:

This action was brought to recover upon a policy of insurance issued by defendant to plaintiffs. By the terms of the policy defendant insured plaintiffs against loss by theft of an automobile owned by plaintiff John Sinincrope, and on which plaintiff John F. Acker had a lien to secure him for part of the purchase price of the car.

In their complaint plaintiffs alleged that the car was stolen on or about the 20th day of September, 1921, while the policy was in full force, and that after the loss notice thereof was the next day given to defendant’s local agent at Auburn, N. Y., who had…