Norris v. Hartford Fire Ins.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Abbeville; September term, 1899. Action by Julia E. Norris against Hartford Fire Insurance Company and Agnes E. Lawing. Defendant, Hartford Fire Insurance Company, appeals.
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Before Gary, J., Abbeville; September term, 1899. Action by Julia E. Norris against Hartford Fire Insurance Company and Agnes E. Lawing. Defendant, Hartford Fire Insurance Company, appeals. As to pozvers of soliciting agent: 22 Mich., 467; 86 Ala., 424; 90 Ala., 386; 63 N. Y., 531; 25 la., 507; 9 Allen, 231; 98 la., 521; 30 Neb., 288. What notice to agent is notice to principal: 86 Ala., 424; 78 la., 216; 96 U. S., 572; 33 S. E- R-, 897. No element of estoppel in this case: 86 Ala., 424; 81 N. Y., 410. How notice must come to agent to bind principal: 80 Ala., 528; 86 Ala., 4311 53 Tex-> 611…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
When this action was before this Court on appeal, 55 S. C., 450, great care was attempted to confine our judgment to the only matter which was then before the Court, viz: a demurrer to the defense set up in the answer of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, that the *360policy issued by the defendant to the plaintiff was rendered void by reason of the fact that, with the knowledge of the plaintiff, Mrs. Agnes L. La wing had on the 13 th day of August, 1896, commenced an action to foreclose a mortgage she had upon the house which defendant…
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