O'Connor v. American Casualty Co.

This is an action of contract, upon an insurance policy, protecting the plaintiff against loss or damage to his personal property by theft or mysterious disappearance. There was a finding for the defendant and plaintiff claimed a report.

There was evidence that about the middle of November, 1957, the plaintiff left his room in a rooming house, to enter a hospital. He had not paid his rent for the previous five or six weeks and did not notify the landlady of his leaving. The landlady, after consultation with his brother and sister, removed his personal property from the room and attempted to…