Trachtenberg v. Home Indemnity Co.

Plaintiff assured, the owner of an automobile, is suing defendant insurance company for damages for breach of contract of insurance.

*645A novel question of law is presented for which there appears to be no precedent in the United States. The sole case cited, a Mississippi case, is not at all applicable and sheds no light whatsoever on the instant case.

The facts are conceded. The plaintiff’s automobile was involved in a collision. At the time of the accident, he had a denture in his shirt pocket. His chest hit the steering wheel and the denture was broken beyond repair, necessitating its…