National Fire Ins. Co. v. Llewellyn

HALL, C.

This was an action for a recovery on a policy of fire insurance. The plaintiff prevailed. Only two questions are present in this appeal: (1) Was the contract of insurance in existence before the loss? (2) To what extent or under what conditions may an insurance agent, even with certain express authority from his company, write insurance on his own property?

Cora Llewellyn and J. H. McBee were local agents of the National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., for the purpose of writing and issuing policies of fire insurance. The general agent of this fire insurance company, as an…