St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Laubenstein
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Shawano county: John Goodland, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover damages growing out of an alleged breach of duty by the defendant as agent of the plaintiff.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Shawano county: John Goodland, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover damages growing out of an alleged breach of duty by the defendant as agent of the plaintiff. The plaintiff is an insurance company and the defendant acted as its agent in the vicinity of Gresham, Wisconsin, and as such agent issued a policy of insurance upon certain property, and it is the claim of the plaintiff that said defendant made certain representations respecting the property to the company which induced the issuance of the policy and which representations…
1Opinion of the CourtKeewin, J.
The plaintiff through the defendant, its agent, issued a policy of insurance upon certain property of one Anna Huntington. The property was destroyed by fire, suit brought to recover, the case settled, and amount of loss paid. The present action was then brought to recover the damage alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff on account of the alleged breach of duty of defendant in procuring the insurance.
It is contended on the part of appellant that the court erred in refusing to direct a verdict for plaintiff and in directing a verdict for defendant.
In procuring the insurance it is claimed…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hall v. StorrsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1859
- Continental Insurance v. Clark & CresslerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
- Sixta v. Ontonagon Valley Land Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
- Sicklesteel v. EdmondsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
- Phoenix Insurance v. FrissellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
3Cited by8 opinions
- Gloria L. Schrader v. Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Faultersack v. Clintonville Sales Corp.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1948
- Crumpton v. Pilgrim Health & Life Ins. Co.Alabama Court of Appeals · 1950
- Washington v. Mechanics Traders Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
- Arthur Koenig Co. v. Graham Glass Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1920
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