Hasterlik v. New Jersey Fidelity & Plate Glass Insurance

Plaintiff brought suit against defendant on a policy of burglary insurance to recover the value of a stock of liquors stolen from the plaintiff’s place of business. There was a verdict and judgment in plaintiff’s favor for $4,903.20, to reverse which the defendant prosecutes this appeal.

The record discloses that plaintiff was engaged in the liquor business in Chicago and on November 27, 1918, the defendant issued to plaintiff its burglary insurance policy for $5,000. The policy was for a period of one year. On the 10th and 14th of August, 1919, plaintiff’s premises were burglarized and…