Hardy v. Ferguson Moving & Storage Co.

At the conclusion of the evidence, the Court of Common Pleas sustained the defendant’s motion for an instructed verdict and thereafter entered judgment on the verdict thus rendered. This appeal challenges the validity of this action of the trial court.

The undisputed evidence is that Pearl Assurance Company, Ltd., a plaintiff herein and hereinafter called Pearl, issued a master policy insuring ‘ ‘ Oliver Skellet and Thomas Skellet, J r., d. b. a. Skellett Company and/or Skellet Company, lessor,” against liability which they might incur as a carrier of freight and authorizing them to issue…