Kleis v. Niagara Fire Insurance
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Allegan; Padgham, J. Assumpsit by Maggie Kleis against the Niagara Fire Insurance Company upon an alleged contract of insurance. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The undisputed evidence in this record shows that the plaintiff’s husband, acting upon her behalf, made application to Walsh, the local agent of the defendant, for insurance upon the plaintiff’s building, upon a Saturday. He desired insurance to the amount of $1,000. The rate was fixed, and he paid Walsh $10, taking his receipt, reading as follows:
*470“Holland, Mich., May 25, 1895.
“Received of M. W. Kleis ten dollars, insurance money for three years on house and household goods.
“W. C. Walsh.”
Walsh promised to draw the policy upon the following Monday, and did so, and two or three days later the…
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