Gordon v. Gulf American Fire & Casualty Co.

Eberhardt, Judge.

The appellee insurance company strongly relies upon Giles v. Citizens Ins. Co. of Missouri, 32 Ga. App. 207 (122 SE 890), where the facts are substantially the same as here. In that case the court held that, “the bona fide possession of stolen property does not give the holder any sort of title whatever, such as would come up to the rule governing an insurable interest; nor does his bona fide possession of stolen *758property constitute such an exclusive and undisputed claim as would entitle him to be called the ‘sole and exclusive’ owner.” To that extent Giles does support the…