Pfaffengut v. Export Insurance

Two cases. One brought by the plaintiff to recover on a policy of insurance on ah automobile; the other to determine the rights of the defendants in and to a certain draft issued by, the defendant Home Fire and Marine Insurance Company of California to the plaintiff and defendant Commercial Credit Trust jointly, in settlement of a claim of loss under an insurance policy.

The record tends substantially to establish the following facts. In June, 1924, the plaintiff bought an automobile on the instalment plan. He paid a portion of the purchase price-in cash and gave a chattel mortgage, later…