Hartford Fire Insurance v. Wilson
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. . This case was commenced in the Supreme Court of the Dis-. trict of Columbia by Albert A. Wilson and John B. Earner, trustees, against the Hartford Fire Insurance Company to recover upon two policies of insurance, charged to have been executed and delivered by the company to the plaintiffs on April 17, 1895, and insuring certain property of the Ivy City Brick Company, for the benefit of the trustees, the…
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CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. . This case was commenced in the Supreme Court of the Dis-. trict of Columbia by Albert A. Wilson and John B. Earner, trustees, against the Hartford Fire Insurance Company to recover upon two policies of insurance, charged to have been executed and delivered by the company to the plaintiffs on April 17, 1895, and insuring certain property of the Ivy City Brick Company, for the benefit of the trustees, the plaintiffs. The declaration alleged the destruction by fire of the property on May 17,1895, notice of the loss to the company,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bebweb
The question is whether at the time of the fire there was a valid arid subsisting contract of insurance. The negotiations in respect to the policies were not between the insurer and the insured directly, but between agents of eách. As shown by paragraphs 2 and 3 of the agreed statement of facts, the agent of the insurer delivered the policies to the agent of the insured upon a condition, which was agreed to by both. That condi-, tioh failed, notice of which was given by the former to the latter, accepted by the latter as putting an end to the policies, and the former notified to come and get…
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