Mutual Reserve Life Insurance v. Dobler
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the District of Washington. On October 20, 1902, Frederick C. Dobler made application in writing to the' plaintiff in error, a life insurance company of the state of New York, for a policy of insurance in the sum of - $10,000. The application was made at Baker City, Ore., and was there delivered to AV.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the District of Washington. On October 20, 1902, Frederick C. Dobler made application in writing to the' plaintiff in error, a life insurance company of the state of New York, for a policy of insurance in the sum of - $10,000. The application was made at Baker City, Ore., and was there delivered to AV. I-I. Stalker, a representative of .the plaintiff in error, who forwarded the same to the. home office of the latter in New York. The application was there accepted, and the policy ivas'accordingly issued and…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
The application for the policy of insurance was made in the state of Oregon under the direction of W. H. Stalker, an agent of the plaintiff in error, who, as such agent, received the same and forwarded it to the home office of the plaintiff in error. The risk was accepted, and the policy was sent to Stalker, and he delivered it to the insured upon his paying the premium. Stalker had been appointed the agent of the plaintiff in error by a written instrument reciting that he was “appointed the representative of said company for the purpose of procuring applications for assurance therein in the…
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