Brown v. American Casualty Co. of Reading

Stout, J.,

Plaintiffs, meat jobbers, were insured by defendants under an inland marine *205policy bearing a motor truck cargo theft endorsement. The policy covered “lawful goods and merchandise consisting principally of meats . . . while loaded for shipment and in transit in or on vehicles . . . owned and operated by the assured, while in the custody and control of the assured. . . .” The Motor Truck Cargo theft endorsement excluded, among other things, liability of the company “for theft of the insured property while left unattended in or on any vehicle unless such vehicle is equipped with a…