Becker v. Exchange Mut. Fire Ins.

J. B. McPHFRSON, District Judge.

After the evidence in this case had been put in, the parties agreed that there was no question to be submitted to the jury, and that the whole controversy was a question of law to be determined by the court. A verdict for the plaintiff was thereupon taken, subject to a reserved point, and the defendant has now moved for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. For the following reasons, I think the motion should prevail:

In December, 1906, the plaintiff, acting through her husband and agent, Charles W. Becker, employed Skinner & Co., of New York City, a firm of…