Bradford v. Homestead Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque Circuit Court. Action on the policy of insurance against loss by fire. Trial by jury. Judgment for the plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtServers, J.
1. EVIDENCE : custom: principal and agent. The policy was issued to the plaintiff Bradford, and the petition states that afterward she conveyed the real estate on which was situate the building in- . . sured to the plaintiff Grange, m trust, to raise z 0 money to pay off a mortgage thereon. That no part of the money was raised, and that the conveyance was without consideration. That defendant, by its agent J. R. Beck, in writing on the policy consented to such conveyance. Under the terms of the policy, it became a material question on the trial whether Beck had authority to bind the defendant…
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