State Insurance v. Jamison
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Wayne District Court. — Hon. John W. Harvey, Judge. The defendant, John Jamison, *was, in 1884, the recording agent of the plaintiff at Seymour, Iowa, having authority to issue policies. It was his duty, and he was instructed, to make to the company a daily report of all the policies issued by him, giving a full and complete description of the policy, as well as the property insured.
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Appeal from, Wayne District Court. — Hon. John W. Harvey, Judge. The defendant, John Jamison, *was, in 1884, the recording agent of the plaintiff at Seymour, Iowa, having authority to issue policies. It was his duty, and he was instructed, to make to the company a daily report of all the policies issued by him, giving a full and complete description of the policy, as well as the property insured. On the second day of August, 1884, Jamison issued a policy of insurance on behalf of the plaintiff company to the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows, insuring a frame hall and furniture, in the…
1Opinion of the CourtGteawger, J.
The specific errors assigned and argued have reference to the action of the court in excluding evidence. The ground upon which the court instructed the jury to return a verdict for the defendant does not appear, as the defendant’s motion for that purpose is not in the record. However, from the argument of counsel we infer that the ground of the ruling was that the damage sought to be recovered was not the proximate result of the wrongs complained of, or, in other words, that the loss did not result from the failure to report the policy. To a proper understanding of the court’s rulings upon…
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