Gallagher v. American Alliance Insurance Co. of New York
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Bernard P. Baeasa, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1920.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Holdom
delivered the opinion of the court,
In a trial before the court plaintiff had a finding and judgment for $695 against defendant, who appeals.
Plaintiff’s cause of action is based upon a policy of insurance in the defendant company, insuring plaintiff in the sum of $695 against theft, robbery or pilferage of his automobile within certain territory between August 18, 1919, and August 18, 1920.
Plaintiff contends that the insured automobile was stolen on October 17, 1919, in Chicago, from in front of a saloon where he had left it during his absence in the saloon with a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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