Drennen v. London Assurance Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. This action was brought on two policies of fire insurance, issued March 10, 1883, by the London Assurance Corporation • of London on certain goods, wares and merchandise, which, it was admitted, were,- at the time of insurance, the property of the firm of Drennen, Starr & Everett, doing business in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. This action was brought on two policies of fire insurance, issued March 10, 1883, by the London Assurance Corporation • of London on certain goods, wares and merchandise, which, it was admitted, were,- at the time of insurance, the property of the firm of Drennen, Starr & Everett, doing business in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The loss occurred on the 29fch of July, 1883, and there was no dispute, at the .trial, as to its amount. Each policy contained a provision that it should be void if the property…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice IIaelan
He recited the facts as above stated, and continued:
At the trial below the plaintiffs asked the court to instruct the jury that the written agreement with Arndt, followed by his payment of $5,000 in monejp the delivery of his note for a' like amount, and the entry of the money and notes to his individual credit upon the books of Drennen, Starr & Everett, did not constitute him a partner with plaintiffs, as between themselves, and did not have the effect to assign or transfer to him any title hr interest in the property insured. The court refused to give that instruction, but charged the jury…
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