GENERAL CAS. CO. OF AMERICA v. GUNION

No. 1365.

99 A.2d 643 (1953)

GENERAL CAS. CO. OF AMERICA v. GUNION.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided October 21, 1953.

Rehearing Denied November 12, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denver H. Graham, Washington, D. C., with whom Albert E. Brault, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Jo V. Morgan, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


HOOD, Associate Judge.

The insurance company appeals from a judgment rendered against it on a residence theft policy. On five separate occasions over a period of several months the insured, Mrs. Gunion, gave sums of money in her home to one Harton to finance a secret venture proposed by him, to assist her aunt in fleeing Rumania and coming to this country. The venture was in fact a hoax devised by Harton who absconded with the money.

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