Globe Indemnity Company v. Daviess

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner—

Reversing.

The appeal is from a judgment on a directed verdict in favor of the appellee, Mrs. Inez Daviess, for $1,000 in ber suit to recover that sum on a policy of insurance indemnifying her against robbery of jewelry and other chattels. The defendant denied that the plaintiff had been robbed, and also sought to avoid liability because of certain false representations, to be presently considered,

1. Mrs, Daviess testified that upon opening her front door in answer to the bell on August 8,1929, a man with a handkerchief over his face “stuck a gun in…