Germania Insurance v. Rudwig
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 43 — ORDINARY APPEAL PROM JEFFERSON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. 1. The appellant is not bound by the representations of its local agent; nor did appellant ratify bis acts. (Craycroft v. Selvage, 10 Bush. 708; 24 Ohio, 81; Phoenix Ins. Co. v. Lawrence, 4 Met., 13; 12 Bush, 29; 4 Vroom, 437; 13 Bush, 534; 10 N. Y., 213; 4 Selden, 398; 7 Cowen, 739; 40 Barb., 654; 5 Otto, 332; 4 Bigelow, 124.) '2. The evidence in regard to conversations with the agent was improperly admitted.
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Case 43 — ORDINARY APPEAL PROM JEFFERSON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. 1. The appellant is not bound by the representations of its local agent; nor did appellant ratify bis acts. (Craycroft v. Selvage, 10 Bush. 708; 24 Ohio, 81; Phoenix Ins. Co. v. Lawrence, 4 Met., 13; 12 Bush, 29; 4 Vroom, 437; 13 Bush, 534; 10 N. Y., 213; 4 Selden, 398; 7 Cowen, 739; 40 Barb., 654; 5 Otto, 332; 4 Bigelow, 124.) '2. The evidence in regard to conversations with the agent was improperly admitted. (Coppage’v. Commonwealth, 3 Bush, 532.) 3. There was no evidence supporting appellees’ plea of waiver. . (4 B. Mon.,…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PRYOR
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was instituted in the Jefferson court of common pleas by Rudwig and Banchart (the appellees) against the Germania Life Insurance Company of New York on a policy of life insurance, by which the life of Bernard H. Gotthelf was insured for their benefit. At the time the-policy was issued, Gotthelf was a resident of the city of Louisville. He removed from that city to Vicksburg, Mississippi, and died near the latter city, of yellow fever, on the 7th of September, in the year 1878.
The petition contains the usual averments essential to a…
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