L. Lewitt & Co. v. Jewelers' Safety Fund Society

The defendant appeals from a judgment decreeing reformation of a contract of insurance and, as reformed, for damages thereon. The judgment cannot be sustained for the reasons hereinafter stated.

The facts, in so far as necessary to indicate the reasons for this decision, briefly, are as follows: The defendant is a mutual insurance company incorporated to insure members of the jewelry trade. The plaintiff manufactures and sells jewelry and is a member of the defendant society. In the conduct of its business the plaintiff sent salesmen out on the road with stocks of jewelry. This jewelry the…