Hann v. Carolina Casualty Insurance

Bussey, Justice.

This is an action upon an insurance contract, the primary question being whether a combination automobile insurance policy issued by the defendant-respondent to the plaintiff-appellant afforded theft coverage for a Great Dane trailer of the plaintiff which was stolen. The defendant denied that the policy afforded such coverage, and in a counterclaim contingently sought to have the policy reformed in the event the policy was construed as providing coverage.

At the trial before a judge and jury, considerable evidence was admitted over the objection of the plaintiff. Much of the…