Canales v. Stuyvesant Insurance

This is an action for damages, in the limits of a policy, against Stuyvesant Insurance Company for breach of contract, and Northeast Discount Corporation for inducing the breach.

In July, 1953 plaintiff purchased an automobile for $1,400 from a dealer under a conditional sales contract, which was immediately assigned to the defendant Northeast. Northeast caused the issuance of a fire and theft policy by the American Fidelity Company for a term of 18 months, naming plaintiff and Northeast as coinsureds. In September, 1954 American Fidelity cancelled this policy for resasons not now pertinent,…