Schenectady Varnish Co. v. Automobile Insurance Co. of Hartford

The complaint contains two causes of action, one for the reformation of the policy by substituting the name of the plaintiff as the assured and owner of the car in place of the defendant W. Howard Wright, and to recover under the policy as reformed for the alleged theft of the car by one Hunt. The second count is based upon an assignment by the defendant Wright to the plaintiff of any cause of action in his favor by reason of the alleged theft under the same policy.

There is no serious dispute concerning the facts. Prior to the month of July, 1923, the defendant W. Howard Wright and his wife…