Chase Rand Corp. v. Central Ins.

The policy insured plaintiff against any loss to described jewelry “arising from any cause whatsoever, except as hereinafter mentioned.” Among the exceptions was *964loss “from theft, conversion or other act or omission of a dishonest character” of an employee of a person to whom the property had been entrusted. Plaintiff duly filed with defendant a proof of loss stating that plaintiff had been informed that the loss of the insured jewelry occurred when an employee of plaintiff’s consignee was assaulted on a Texas highway. Plaintiff’s complaint similarly alleged. After a pre-trial conference,…