Clark v. Insurance Co. of North America
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
ON REPORT. The case appears in the opinion. The insurance effected by the agent, under the circumstances, in this case, in the second company is valid. In the case of Schauer v. Queen Ins.
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ON REPORT. The case appears in the opinion. The insurance effected by the agent, under the circumstances, in this case, in the second company is valid. In the case of Schauer v. Queen Ins. Co., 88 Wis: 561, where the plaintiff employed an insurance agent to keep certain property insured for such an amount, part of the insurance being taken in companies represented by the agent and part through other companies, and to avoid the frequent sending and returning of policies, as some were cancelled by the different companies, all of the policies were left with the agent, it was held that the agent…
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
Tbe plaintiff desired to procure an insurance of 11,200 for six months on bis carriages, sleighs and stock, in a building owned by him at Rockport. Accordingly on tbe 6th day of December, 1893, be left instructions at tbe office of F. A. Packard, who was agent of tbe Commercial Union Insurance Company, and five other companies, including tbe defendant company. Tbe plaintiff gave no instructions as to what company tbe insurance should be placed in, tbis matter being left wholly to tbe agent. Tbe policy was made out in tbe Commercial Union Insurance Company, and *30the plaintiff on the 16th day of…
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