Legal Opinion
Continental Insurance v. Hillmer
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided July 15, 1889PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Error from Shawnee District Court. Action to recover on a fire insurance policy. Judgment for plaintiff Hillmer, at the December term, 1886. The defendant Company brings the case to this court. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Simpson,- C.:
This case was tried by the court at the December term, 1886, a jury being waived. All the principal facts are embodied in the following findings of fact:
“ 1. On September 1,1885, the plaintiff, Benj. R. Hillmer, was engaged in building and constructing a small dwelling-house on his farm near Topeka, in this county, when one Olney, the then duly-authorized soliciting agent of the Continental Insurance Company, defendant, came to where the plaintiff was building his house, and solicited the plaintiff to insure his house and other property described in plaintiff’s…
2Cited by3 opinions
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