White v. Citizens Insurance Co. of New Jersey

BROADDUS, Judge.

This is an action upon a policy of marine insurance. Plaintiff recovered a verdict against the defendant insurance company in the amount of $2,050 and judgment was entered thereon. Defendant filed its motion for new trial which was sustained by the trial court “for error committed in giving Instruction One.” Plaintiff appealed.

Plaintiff resides in Nevada, Missouri. In the spring of 1957 plaintiff purchased a 17 foot Chris Craft Sportsman boat, took it to the Lake of the Ozarks where he used it during the summer. At the end of that year plaintiff decided to transport the boat…