Simpson v. Palmetto Fire Insurance Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

Action upon an insurance policy protecting the plaintiff, insured, against loss by “theft, robbery, or pilferage,” in the sum of $900, of a certain automobile.

The only issue in the case now is whether the particular loss, the circumstances of which will be explained, is covered by the term “theft”; counsel for the defendant having admitted the value of the car and made a motion for'a directed verdict, raising, as counsel declared, “a clean-cut legal issue” upon the construction of the policy. His Honor, Judge Ansel, directed a…