Quigley v. St. Paul Title Insurance & Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in -tlie district court for Ramsey county by the executors of John O. Quigley, deceased, to recover $3,500, with interest. The nature of the action is stated in the opinion.
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Action in -tlie district court for Ramsey county by the executors of John O. Quigley, deceased, to recover $3,500, with interest. The nature of the action is stated in the opinion. The answer set out in full the application for, and the policy of, insurance, and alleged that the statement contained in the question concerning the existence of mechanics’ liens, and the answer thereto in the application for insurance, was false, was known by the applicant to be false; that he made other false statements; and defendant would not have issued its policy but for such false statements. When…
1Opinion of the CourtCanty, J.
On July 1, 1889, one Amelia Kingsley was the owner of a certain city lot in St. Paul, and was then erecting a building thereon, which was not completed for several months thereafter. She procured a loan of $2,200 of plaintiffs’ intestate, John O. Quigley, and mortgaged the lot to him to secure the repayment of the same. The mortgage is dated on that day, but was not recorded until October 22, 1889. ' The business of the defendant corporation is that of insuring titles, and on September 20, 1889, a written application was made to it by Quigley’s agent to insure the title of this lot to the'…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wilson v. Minnesota Farmers' Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- Brandup v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
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- Strauss v. Phenix InsuranceColorado Court of Appeals · 1897
- McFarland v. First American Title InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Montana · 1984
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