Brown v. Home Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an action to recover on a preliminary'parol contract of insurance. In 1904 the Home Insurance Company of New York issued a policy *443of insurance on a barn and other property belonging to Orpha Brown. In August, 1907, the insured, thinking that her policy was about to expire, applied to F. E. Fiehler, the agent of the company at Wellsville, for a renewal.of the contract of insurance, and although the former contract did not expire for about four months the agent agreed to renew the insurance on the same conditions and for the same…