Price v. Royal Insurance

Citations

• 119 Wash. 93
• 204 P. 803
• 24 A.L.R. 731
• 1922 Wash. LEXIS 727

Syllabus

<p>Insurance (188) — Larceny (37) — Action on Theft Policy— Asportation — Question for Jury. In an action on an auto theft policy, the question of asportation is for the jury, where there was evidence from which the jury could find that the car was parked on a grade, with brakes set and the gears locked, preventing propulsion by the engine, and that a third person entered the car, released the brakes and ran it down hill, abandoning it; since theft is not dependent upon the length of time that property is converted or the extent of the use.</p>