Floyd v. American Employers' Ins. Co. of Boston

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Fishburne.

On February 2, 1934, the appellant, American Employers’ Insurance Company of Boston, Massachusetts, issued to Floyd’s Mortuary, a corporation, a policy of liability insurance on a fleet of fourteen automobiles, consisting of three hearses, two ambulances, five sedans, and other motor vehicles — all of which were used in the respondent’s business of funeral director and undertaker. A separate insurance premium was charged for each of these motor vehicles, the aggregate of the premiums amounting to $556.49.

On June 27, 1934, one of…