Merrimac Mutual Fire Insurance Company v. Vaughn

On November 4, 1940, the Merrimac Mutual Eire Insurance Company (herein referred to as plaintiff) instituted trover proceedings in the city court of Jefferson against Joe Vaughn (herein referred to as defendant) to recover a certain automobile. The judge, acting without the intervention of a jury, rendered a judgment in favor of the defendant. The court overruled the plaintiff’s motion for new trial and to that judgment the plaintiff excepted.

The record discloses that the automobile in question was owned by E. J. Newmeyer and was stolen from him on June 16, 1940; that he carried theft…