Geiger Watch Case Corp. v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.

The action is for reformation of a policy of burglary insurance and to recover upon the policy as reformed. The reformation sought is a change of the insured from Joachim Geiger, an individual, to Geiger Watch Case Corporation, a corporation, all the stock of which was owned by Geiger. The occurrence of the robbery is satisfactorily established. It is manifest that Geiger made a mistake in applying for insurance in his own name instead of in the name of the corporation. Of course, the company was *442mistaken, too, in supposing that it was insuring goods of Geiger when Geiger had, in fact, no…