General Cas. Co. of America v. Gunion

HOOD, Associate Judge.

The insurance company appeals from, a judgment rendered against it on a residence theft policy. On five separate occasions over a period of several months the insured, Mrs. Gunion, gave sums of money in her home to one Hartón to finance a secret venture proposed by him, to assist her aunt in fleeing Rumania and coming to this country. The venture was in fact a hoax devised by Hartón who absconded with the money.

Our first question is whether the “policy covered the loss. It covered loss by theft and defined theft to include larceny, burglary, robbery and mysterious…