Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Schaver

The only question necessary for us to decide for the disposition of this appeal is whether the vehicle purchased by the insured of the appellant, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (Nationwide), was a “land motor vehicle” on May 8, 1969, or did not become such until May 20 or 23, 1969, when it became operable as a land motor vehicle.

The facts were, for the most part, the subject of a stipulation between the parties in the lower court and are not in dispute.

Nationwide issued an automobile insurance policy to its insured, John Eugene Grimes, on a 1969 Camaro owned by the insured. The coverage…