Niagapa Fire Insurance v. Jordan
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Gilbert. Muscogee superior court. B. B. Jordan filed suit against the Niagara Fire Insurance Company, to reform a policy of insurance issued by the defendant to J ordan Brothers, on the ground that it purported to insure the interest of Jordan Brothers in certain property when it should have insured the interest of plaintiff, who had been a member of the firm of Jordan Brothers but had purchased the interest of his partner at the time of the…
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Gilbert. Muscogee superior court. B. B. Jordan filed suit against the Niagara Fire Insurance Company, to reform a policy of insurance issued by the defendant to J ordan Brothers, on the ground that it purported to insure the interest of Jordan Brothers in certain property when it should have insured the interest of plaintiff, who had been a member of the firm of Jordan Brothers but had purchased the interest of his partner at the time of the issuance of the policy of insurance; .and to enforce the payment of this policy. The court overruled the defendant’s…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.
(After stating the facts.) The substance of the petition is, that the plaintiff orally applied to the proper agent of the defendant for a policy of insurance on his stock of merchandise, indemnifying him against loss by fire, and the defendant’s agent orally agreed to issue to him the policy applied for, but, by the inadvertence of the agent in preparing the policy, the name of the late firm of Jordan Brothers was substituted for that of the plain*671tiff. The merchandise oí the plaintiff was destroyed by lire during the period of time covered by the policy; and the plaintiff seeks a reformation…
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