Price v. Royal Insurance
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Smith, J., entered May 25,1921, in favor of the defendant, notwithstanding the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action on an auto theft insurance policy.
1Opinion of the CourtHovey, J.
— Appellant sued respondent upon an auto theft policy. The case was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of the appellant. The trial court granted a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and rendered a judgment of dismissal.
*94The insurance policy was issued by respondent in favor of the appellant and covered a Paige automobile. Appellant had loaned the car to a man named Clark, and the latter had driven it to his home at 1715 Bast Howell street, in the city of Seattle. Howell street at this point has a grade of five or six per cent to the east until it intersects with…
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- Robinson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
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- Kansas City Regal Auto Co. v. Old Colony InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1915
- Adams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1913
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