Reliance Mutual Insurance v. Sawyer
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, to recover the amount of an instalment alleged to be due upon a premium note given by the defendants on the issuing of a policy of insurance by the plaintiff. The case Avas submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the defendants, to this court, on appeal, upon agreed facts, in substance as folloAvs.
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Contract, to recover the amount of an instalment alleged to be due upon a premium note given by the defendants on the issuing of a policy of insurance by the plaintiff. The case Avas submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the defendants, to this court, on appeal, upon agreed facts, in substance as folloAvs. On April 9,1888, the plaintiff Avas a foreign fire insurance corporation, organized under the laws of the State of Iowa, located at Dubuque in that State, and doing business in this Commonwealth ; but it had not then, and has not since, complied with the statutes of this…
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
On April 9,1888, the plaintiff, a fire insurance corporation organized under the laws of the State of Iowa, and doing business in this Commonwealth without having complied with the provisions of the statutes applicable to such a corporation, issued a policy of insurance to the defendants upon property situated in Cambridge, in this Commonwealth, and the defendants signed a premium note therefor, and this suit is brought to recover an instalment alleged to have been duly assessed upon the note. We infer from the agreed facts that the business was transacted through “ the company’s agent in…
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