ABRAMS v. NATIONAL FIRE INS. CO. OF HARTFORD, CONN.

No. 3049.

186 A.2d 232 (1962)

Allan ABRAMS and Elizabeth Abrams, Appellants, v. NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, a corporation, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided December 6, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Saul M. Schwartzbach, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Peter R. Cella, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Richard W. Galiher and William E. Stewart, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, QUINN, Associate Judge, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code § 11-776(b).


HOOD, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff sued upon an insurance policy for the loss of personal property claimed to have been stolen from the locked luggage compartment of his automobile. The trial court denied recovery on the ground that the loss was excluded from coverage by the terms of the policy. The question here is the correctness of that ruling.

The provision in question states that the policy is inapplicable to theft of property

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