Grady v. American Central Insurance
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Buchanan Circuit Court. I. "Whether the execution of the policy of defendant in this suit was sufficiently proven, or whether the acts of the agent. Corby, if informal on-account of the manner in which such policy was signed, were ratified or waived by the defendant,, were questions solely for the consideration of the jury.
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Error to Buchanan Circuit Court. I. "Whether the execution of the policy of defendant in this suit was sufficiently proven, or whether the acts of the agent. Corby, if informal on-account of the manner in which such policy was signed, were ratified or waived by the defendant,, were questions solely for the consideration of the jury. (Benton vs. Klein, 42 Mo., 98; Deere vs. Plant, 42 Mo., 60 ; McFarland vs. Bellows, 49 Mo., 311; Wanuell vs. Kern, 57 Mo.,. 478; Allen vs. Jones, 50 Mo., 205; Sto. Ag., §§ 252, 253.) II. Persons dealing with agents clothed with apparent authority, have the right…
1Opinion of the CourtTories, Judge
This action was founded on a policy of insurance charged to have been executed and delivered to plaintiff by defendant, in which plaintiff’s house, described in the petition, was charged to have been insured against loss by fire, to the ■value of eighteen hundred dollars, for a premium then paid of thirty-six dollars.
The petition was in the usual form, averring a loss by fire, :to the full amount of the policy, and a failure of defendant to pay, etc.
The defendant filed its answer to the petition, in which it .set-up several defenses to the plaintiff’s action, among which were the following :…
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