Citizens State Bank v. Shawnee Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Shawnee district court, division No. 1; Alston W. Dana, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
West, J.:
The two principal questions presented by this appeal are: the authority of an agent, and the legal effect of a mortgage clause in a policy of insurance. An agent of the insurance company, with authority to write policies and make contracts for insuring property, wrote and issued a policy insuring the owner against loss on a certain building in the sum of $750. The agent was at the time cashier of a bank which held a mortgage of $350 on the insured property. The policy was accepted and the premium paid to and retained by the insurance company.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Westchester Fire Insurance v. CoverdaleSupreme Court of Kansas · 1892
- Wilson v. German-American InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1913
- First National Bank v. McIntosh & Peters Live-stock & Commission Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1906
- Redinger v. JonesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1904
- Dodge v. Hamburg-Bremen Fire InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1896
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Rossi v. Firemen's Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
- Tripp v. United States Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1935
- Twin City Fire Ins. v. Stockmen's Nat. Bank of Ft. BentonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1919
- Curotto v. HammackSupreme Court of Missouri · 1951
- Sebal v. Columbian National Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1936
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