(DOWNLOAD) "Lyon v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co." by Supreme Court of Connecticut ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Lyon v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
- Author : Supreme Court of Connecticut
- Release Date : January 11, 1953
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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This is an action for a declaratory judgment determining whether the defendant insurer is liable under a policy of liability insurance for any sums, up to the amount of the policy, that the plaintiff may become obligated to pay as a result of damage to automobiles caused by a fire in his garage. The automobiles had been brought there by various individuals to be repaired. The policy excluded liability for damage to property ""in charge of"" the insured. The court rendered judgment in favor of the defendant and the plaintiff has appealed. The single question presented is whether, at the time of their damage by fire, the automobiles were ""in charge of"" the plaintiff within the meaning of this exclusionary provision. The finding is attacked in a number of particulars, but no corrections material to the question to be determined can be made. It discloses the following undisputed facts: The plaintiff conducted an automobile body and fender repair business in a building which he owned in Bridgeport. At the time of the fire, January 28, 1948, there were in this building ten or eleven cars which had been left by their respective owners to be repaired. The cars had been brought to a yard adjacent to the garage where they were taken from their owners and were driven into the garage by the plaintiff or his employees. The repairs were to be done in such manner and at such times as the plaintiff saw fit. The keys were left in the ignition locks, and the plaintiff or his employees could move them about in the garage. It was the practice, when repairs had been completed, to take the cars out of the garage and park them in the yard or on the street. If there was reason to take