Royal Insurance v. Walker Lumber Co.
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Laramie County; HbN. William C. Mentzer, Judge. Action to recover on a contract of fire insurance. From a judgment in favor of the Lumber Company and against the Insurance Company for the amount claimed, it brings error. The alleged contract of insurance is based upon correspondence that passed between the parties. No policy was ever issued.
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Error to the District Court, Laramie County; HbN. William C. Mentzer, Judge. Action to recover on a contract of fire insurance. From a judgment in favor of the Lumber Company and against the Insurance Company for the amount claimed, it brings error. The alleged contract of insurance is based upon correspondence that passed between the parties. No policy was ever issued. The loss occurred on the 19th of Eebruáry, 1911, but prior thereto the owner had conveyed the property to another. If a policy had been issued, this "convey-anee would have forfeited the insurance. The Lumber Company being a…
1Opinion of the Court
Beard, Justice.
This is an action brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error to recover $1,477.50 and interest claimed to be due on a contract of insurance. The case was tided to the court without a jury and judgment rendered in favor of the Lumber Company and against the Insurance Company for the amount claimed, and it brings error.
The Lumber Company, plaintiff below, alleged, in substance, that about December 19, 1910, the Insurance Company, in consideration of the regular premium of $22.50, undertook and agreed with plaintiff to insure. and did insure plaintiff for the…
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