Kaplan v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

This case is here on writ of error to review a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county, where, in an action of assumpsit upon an insurance policy, the defendants in error (herein called plaintiffs) obtained a jury verdict and subsequent judgment for $6000 against plaintiff in error (herein called defendant). Upon appeal this judgment was affirmed by the Appellate Court.

The declaration recited the material terms of a $10,000 policy, by which defendant undertook to indemnify plaintiffs from loss on account of interior robbery. It alleges that the policy was taken out April 3, 1926, and…