Prose v. Hawkeye Securities Fire Insurance

Defendant insured' plaintiff's auto against loss hy theft. From a judgment for plaintiff upon the policy of insurance an-d from an. order denying new trial, defendant appeals.

It was conceded at the trial that, at the time the policy was issued, and at the time of making proof of loss, the car was mortgaged, and that there -was 'due thereon the sum- of $790. The evidence tended to show that respondent met Searls, the local agent of appellant, on- the street, and- a-slce'd- him to- write a policy of insurance on the car; that respondent furnished- Searls -with the numbers of -the car on the…