Valley Mercantile Co. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins.
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Missoula County; J. E. Patterson, Judge. Action by the Valley Mercantile Company and Ralph C. Stiff against the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company. From a judgment for plaintiffs and from an order denying it a new trial, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
In November, 1910, the Valley Mercantile Company and Ralph C. Stiff secured a policy of insurance upon their automobile. In April following,- while the policy was in full force and effect, the owners placed the car in a paint-shop in Missoula to be repainted, and while there it was taken by Ed. Le Vasseur and Victor Ellis, employees in the paint-shop, and by them driven to De Smet and damaged. Under the terms of the policy the owners were insured against loss in excess of $25 on any single occasion, resulting from the theft of the automobile “by persons other than those in the employ,…
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