North River Insurance v. Ohmer

OPINION

By HORNBECK, PJ.

This is an appeal on questions of law from a judgment in favor of the defendant.

The case arose in Municipal Court and was tried to a Judge without intervention of a jury.

• There is but one substantial question presented, namely, did the trial judge, in determining the case, apply an unsound principle of law.

On October 26, 1934, George L. Coleman was the owner of a 1934 Chevrolet car then one month old. It was stolen on that date. Mr. Coleman carried a policy with plaintiff assuring against loss occasioned by theft of the automobile. The car was recovered a day or so…