Reitenbach v. Johnson

The plaintiffs seek in this action to recover a portion of certain insurance money, received by the defendants, and which they contend was paid to the defendants for them and as their agents.

It appears from the agreed statement of facts that the defendants effected insurance, in their own name, to the amount of $165,000, upon merchandise contained in their warehouse in Boston. It was described in the policies of insurance as “ merchandise, principally hides and leather, their own, or held by them in trust, or on commission, or sold but not removed from the building.” The warehouse, with its…