Jackson v. Petrie

The defendant, Petrie & McFarland, a partnership composed of W. M. Petrie and J. F. McFarland, representing a number of fire insurance companies, with authority to bind the companies represented by it, on the application of plaintiff issued two policies of insurance on February 24, 1927, in two of the companies represented by it, purporting to cover certain property owned by plaintiff.

After the policies were issued, a clerk of defendant carried the policies to plaintiff’s place of business with instructions to deliver the policies to plaintiff on payment of the premiums; and, while the…