Levinson v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York

Mr. ChiEE Justice Stone

delivered the opinion of the court :

This is a suit on an indemnity policy issued by plaintiff in error indemnifying defendants in error against robbery. The case was tried in the municipal court of Chicago, where defendants in error, who conduct a loan bank or pawnshop, recovered judgment in the sum of $18,791.60. The Appellate Court affirmed this judgment, and the cause is here on writ of certiorari.

The action is based on an asserted robbery of defendants in error’s pawnshop. The defense is that the robbery was not genuine but simulated; that no proof of loss was made…