VAN SUMNER, INC. v. PA. NAT. MUT. CAS. INS.

No. 8410SC590.

329 S.E.2d 701 (1985)

VAN SUMNER, INC. d/b/a V-S Rental and Sales v. PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL MUTUAL CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 21, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manning, Fulton & Skinner by John I. Mabe, Jr., Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Henson, Henson & Bayliss by Perry C. Henson and Jack B. Bayliss, Jr., Greensboro, for defendant-appellee.


MARTIN, Judge.

The sole question for our determination is whether the exclusion clause contained in the insurance policy precludes recovery, under the policy, for loss of the backhoe. We hold that the circumstances under which plaintiff transferred possession of its property did not amount to an entrustment of the property and that the exclusion, therefore, does not deny coverage.

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