Brady v. Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, Ltd.

This is an action in assumpsit brought on a. policy insuring plaintiff for one year from, among other things, “theft, robbery or pilferage, excepting by any person or persons in the assured's household or in the assured's service or employment ... "On demurrer to the declaration and prior to trial, the question whether plaintiff was entitled to recover damages under the terms of the policy has been certified to this court. (G. L. 1923, C. 348, s. 5).

On Saturday afternoon, August 15, 1925, a man who falsely represented himself to be one H. L. Carpenter, a relative of one of the justices of the…