Craft v. Standard Acc. Ins. Co.

This is an action of assumpsit for the breach of the conditions of a contract whereby for an agreed premium the defendant undertook to indemnify and asfeure the plaintiff: against loss resulting from acts of fraud, dishonesty, forgery, theft, embezzlement, wrongful abstraction, or willful misapplication, on the part of plaintiff’s employs Jones.

On the trial, the defendant was allowed, among other defenses, to plead, with the consent of Jones, a breach of the contract of employment between the plaintiff and Jones, in recoupment of the damages alleged to have been, suffered as a consequence of…