Wood v. American Automobile Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

The automobile insurance company appeals from a judgment of the district court of Douglas county holding it liable on a policy covering a car owned by the plaintiff, which was stolen, the contention being that he had sold it to his father-in-law who used it for jitney purposes in violation of a provisión in the policy that any change of ownership or its use for livery or transportation of passengers should terminate the policy.

Complaint is made of an instruction to the effect that the company, having relied on a change of title, could not be…