STAHLY CARTAGE CO. v. UNIVERSAL MUT. CASUALTY CO.

Term No. 56-F-7.

11 Ill. App.2d 365 (1956)

138 N.E.2d 243

Stahly Cartage Co., a Delaware Corporation with Principal Offices in Edwardsville, Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Universal Mutual Casualty Company, a Mutual Insurance Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Released for publication October 30, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mudge and Mudge, of Edwardsville, for plaintiff-appellant.

James L. Reed, and James H. Parsons, Jr., both of Edwardsville, for defendant-appellee.


JUSTICE BARDENS delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff filed an action at law for recovery of a fire loss to a tractor under a policy issued by the defendant. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in plaintiff's favor for $3,500 but, upon motion of the defendant, the court granted judgment notwithstanding the verdict in its favor.

Plaintiff, a contract carrier of petroleum products in bulk, owned...

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