Adler v. Safeguard Insurance

These are actions of contract to recover premiums paid under certain Massachusetts standard fire insurance policies, the second against the agent who wrote the policies, and the first against the company which issued them.

The declarations are for the same cause of action. In the declaration in the case against Burnes the plaintiff alleges, in substance, that she was the holder of eight fire insurance policies covering certain premises in Boston, that the policies were cancelled, and that return premiums became payable to the plaintiff; that these return premiums were paid to the defendant who…