Mock v. Glens Falls Indemnity Co.

This is a suit to reform a policy of liability insurance and to recover on the policy as reformed. Plaintiffs seek to date the policy back to the time of an alleged oral agreement between plaintiffs and the agent of the defendant insurance company, so as to cover a claim for damages arising out of an accident which occurred between the date of the oral agreement and the date of the policy as written. From a decree awarding plaintiffs the requested relief, the insurance company appeals. Since the case is tried here de novo, we will state the evidence rather fully.

The seven plaintiffs are…