Cassville Roller Milling Co. v. Aetna Insurance
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from. Dade Circuit Court. — Hon. H. C. Timmonds, Judge. (1) Mr. Reynolds, general manager of and for the mill company, through whose hands all its business passed, and who looked after its insurance matters, as he did all other business transactions, was clothed with authority to legally represent it in the transactions out of which this suit grew, and his acts in those transactions, were the acts of the mill company, valid and binding upon it. Gentry v. Ins.
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Appeal from. Dade Circuit Court. — Hon. H. C. Timmonds, Judge. (1) Mr. Reynolds, general manager of and for the mill company, through whose hands all its business passed, and who looked after its insurance matters, as he did all other business transactions, was clothed with authority to legally represent it in the transactions out of which this suit grew, and his acts in those transactions, were the acts of the mill company, valid and binding upon it. Gentry v. Ins. Co., 15 Mo. App. 215; Breckenridge v. Ins. Co., 87 Mo. 62; Rice v. Groffman, 56 Mo. 434; McNichols v. Nelson, 45 Mo. App. 446;…
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
This action is based on a policy of fire insurance. At the close of the evidence, the trial court having intimated that a demurrer to plaintiff’s case would be sustained, it took a nonsuit with a leave to set it aside. It did so move and the court sustained the motion, whereupon defendant appealed from the order.
Plaintiff is a corporation which owned and operated a flour mill. Its general manager was S. R. Reynolds who was likewise a director and stockholder. Defendant’s agent at Cassville, where the mill was located, was C. D. Manley. Prior to February 19, 1902, plaintiff had been carrying a…
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