Ruggirello v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange

After purchasing a used car, 1930 model, direct from the Cadillac Motor Car Company, plaintiff applied to a representative of defendant insurance company, on June 27, 1931, for a policy in the amount of $1,800, insuring the car against loss by theft, etc. The agent examined the car, and upon being informed by plaintiff that it had cost him only $1,800, stated that the company would not give him more than $1,400 of insurance.Plaintiff argued with the agent, told him that he had paid $1,800 in cash, and that if the car had been purchased on time the cost would have been from $2,300 to $2,500,…