Overland-Reno Co. v. International Indemnity Co.

Citations

• 111 Kan. 668
• 208 P. 548
• 1922 Kan. LEXIS 318

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Indemnity Insurance — Against “Theft, Robbery and Pilferage” — Automobile Obtained by False Representations and Forged Cheek — Loss Covered by Insurance Policy. Following Motor Co. v. Insurance Co., Ill Kan. 225, 207 Pac. 205, it is held that under a contract of insurance against “theft, robbery or pilferage,” the act of the swindler, by which the owner of the insured property is swindled out of it through false pretenses or other fraudulent trick or device with the preconceived intent and plan of the swindler not to pay for it, is a species of theft for which the insurance company is liable.</p>