Toms v. Hartford Fire Insurance

OPINION

By ROSS, P. J.:

This review presents an appeal on questions of law from a judgment of the Municipal Court of Cincinnati, in favor of the plaintiff. The trial was to the court without a jury.

The action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for the breach of a contract of insurance which covered loss by theft and provided that the defendant insurer would defend any suit brought against the plaintiff “as respects insurance afforded by this endorsement.”

The clause in the policy so providing is as follows:

“It is further agreed that the Company, as respects insurance afforded by…