Phoenix Insurance v. Seegers
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Andalusia City Court. Heard before Hon. Ed. T. Albritton. Action by tbe Phoenix Insurance Company against J. E. Seegers in assumpsit. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff; appeals.
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Appeal from Andalusia City Court. Heard before Hon. Ed. T. Albritton. Action by tbe Phoenix Insurance Company against J. E. Seegers in assumpsit. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff; appeals. The first count as amended was as follows: “Plaintiff claims of defendant the sum of $1,524.55 as damages, for that, during the months of January and February, 1913, defendant was the duly and legally appointed agent of the plaintiff at Andalusia, Ala., arid as such agent was authorized and empowered to make insurance contracts for plaintiff to be countersigned by defendant as agent, and to renew the…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
This is an appeal from rulings on pleadings, from the Andalusia city court of law and equity. Such appeals are provided by the act relating to procedure in that court. The plaintiff declared on the common counts and on the case. The reporter will set out the first count of the complaint as amended.(1) The court properly sustained a motion to strike that part of the first count, claiming attorney’s fees for defending suit against the company on the insurance policy. Defendant’s other grounds of demurrer to this count Avere properly overruled.
Defendant then filed pleas 1, 2, and 3 of the…
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