PENNSYLVANIA INDEMNITY FIRE CORP. v. ALDRIDGE

No. 7517.

117 F.2d 774 (1941)

PENNSYLVANIA INDEMNITY FIRE CORPORATION v. ALDRIDGE.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided January 13, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chas. S. Baker, Benj. L. Tepper, and Warren E. Magee, all of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Julian H. Reis and Leroy S. Bendheim, both of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and MILLER and RUTLEDGE, Associate Justices.


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 Harrison, 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...

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