Rich v. United Mutual Fire Insurance

This is an action of contract on an insurance policy to recover the amount of loss resulting from damage to the plaintiff’s automobile. There was evidence that on Sunday, November 23, 1947, the plaintiff parked his automobile at about 8 a.m. in front of his house on Mon- tebello Road, Jamaica Plain. The automobile was headed downgrade with its left front wheel “turned in as far as he [the plaintiff] could turn it” up against the curb and with the emergency brake “pulled up tight.” The automobile was in the same position two hours later at ten o’clock. The plaintiff, who was in his house,…