Laidlaw v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

With so much of the judgment appealed from as reforms the policy of insurance upon the ground that it was issued through mutual mistake by the parties to this action, we agree with the Appellate Division that it should be affirmed. That court made a slight deduction in the amount of the recovery and we have determined that it must be still further reduced.

The policy, known as an automobile policy, as thus reformed, insured Lee G. Laidlaw against any loss through liability imposed by law upon the insured for bodily injuries or death in the maintenance and use of the automobiles described…