Bradford v. Hanover Fire Ins. Co. of New York

DALLAS, Circuit Judge.

The proceeding under review is an action of tort. It was brought by an insurance company, the defendant in error, against the plaintiff in error, to recover “damages resulting from the defendant’s negligence and misfeasance in the discharge of his duties as agent of the plaintiff company in the business of insuring the owners of property, real and personal, from loss by fire.” The cause of action as more specifically alleged was that, although the defendant had been instructed to insure no potteries, “yet the said defendant, well knowing his instructions and his duty in…