Williams v. Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance

Taylor, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises out of an action instituted by Appellant to recover damages incurred as a result of Respondent’s alleged failure to honor a contract of automobile insurance issued to Appellant on August 29, 1963, and certified as proof of financial responsibility. The matter was heard without a jury by the Honorable Louis Rosen, Resident Judge of the First Judicial Circuit, who, in his Order of September 26, 1964, granted Respondent’s motion for a directed verdict.

The policy covered a 1963 Ford Galaxie and Respondent agreed therein “to pay on behalf of the insured all…