Legal Opinion

Pennsylvania Indemnity Fire Corp. v. Aldridge

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided January 13, 1941No. 7517PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MILLER, Associate Justice.

Appellee recovered judgment in the lower court under a policy of insurance which provided for payment of loss from “damage resulting from theft.” The evidence disclosed that appellee employed a colored boy named Flarrison, whom he knew as the boy who delivered papers at his house, to clean and simonize his car at an agreed price of $2. The boy was to furnish the materials and appellee exercised no discretion over the manner or method of doing the job. The boy called at appellee’s house for the keys to the car, which was parked in the street about a block from…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Stipcich v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  2. Mutual Life Insurance v. Hurni Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
  3. United States v. WurtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  4. DeGanay v. LedererSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
  5. Aschenbrenner v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. United States v. Alphonso T. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
  2. Chase v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
  3. V-Z-SBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2000
  4. In Re Estate of CorrieaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1998
  5. United States v. Martin James MaloneyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979

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