Travelers Indemnity Company v. Ford

On August 6, 1963, M. G. Ford filed a bill of complaint against The Travelers Indemnity Company, defendant, praying that a liability insurance policy issued by defendant on a certain tractor-trailer owned by him be reformed to include fire and theft coverage, and that he be awarded judgment in the sum of $6,515.14 under the reformed policy for damages sustained to the units “while being operated by unauthorized persons”. Ford alleged, among other things, that because of “the inequitable conduct, inadvertence, accident or mistake” on the part of defendant’s agent, fire and theft coverage had…