Crawford v. Transatlantic Fire Insurance Co.
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Luis Obispo County and from an order denying a new trial. E. P. Unangst, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
BRITT, C.
Action on a policy of fire insurance, which in terms purports to be the contract of defendant, and to insure a certain stable building, the property of plaintiff Crawford, to the amount of one thousand dollars, for the period of one year, commencing at noon of May 2, 1897. The defense is that the instrument was not executed by defendant, and never took effect as its contract. For the purposes of the trial the parties stipulated that from April 1, 1897, to May 15, 1897, one Roberts and one Barrett “were and each of them was the agent of the defendant, and authorized to execute said…
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- Clark v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1896
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