Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty Insurance v. Shirer

The appeal is by an insurance company from a judgment against it in a suit by an insured, a contractor, seeking reimbursement under an automobile policy for damages he had paid when his crane, mounted on a truck, ran out of control and struck a house and an automobile. The case was tried before the court sitting without a jury on a stipulation of facts, which included a statement given after the accident by the operator of the crane.

The appellant insurance company insured the automobiles of the contractor under an automobile liability policy. Soon after its issuance, the policy was amended by…