Affleck v. Potomac Insurance Co.

Plaintiff sought to recover upon a fire insurance policy issued to her by defendant and alleged to cover a “Willys-Six” automobile which was destroyed by fire. The policy is an “automobile policy approved by the National Convention of Insurance Commissioners.” The vital question was whether it covered plaintiff’s car.

At the close of plaintiff’s evidence the trial court granted the defendant’s motion for a nonsuit on the ground that there was a misstatement of the subject matter of the in surance as to the “kind and model of car, the year when it was bought, the price that was paid for it” and…