Arnold v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

STECKLER, Chief Judge.

This cause came on for trial before the court on December 9, 1957. At the conclusion of all the evidence on December 10,1957, the court directed the jury to return a verdict for the plaintiff. Since the decision which prompted the court to direct a verdict for the plaintiff has aroused considerable interest on the part of the Indiana bar in general, due to the absence of clear, succinct decisions of Indiana courts on the precise legal issues involved, the court has deemed it advisable to set out at some length the reasoning which underlay said decision.

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