Van Slyke v. Trempealeau County Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for ‘C'ohumbia County: Action upon an alleged contract of insurance against loss by fire. The case is stated in the opinion; but it may be further observed, 1. That one of the by-laws adopted by the board of directors at their meeting of February 17, 1872, was in these words: “ Sec. 21. Applications for insurance, or for any change in the policy of insurance, in all cases shall be passed upon and approved or rejected by at least two directors,…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for ‘C'ohumbia County: Action upon an alleged contract of insurance against loss by fire. The case is stated in the opinion; but it may be further observed, 1. That one of the by-laws adopted by the board of directors at their meeting of February 17, 1872, was in these words: “ Sec. 21. Applications for insurance, or for any change in the policy of insurance, in all cases shall be passed upon and approved or rejected by at least two directors, whose names shall be indorsed thereon.” 2. That it appears from the evidence of the secretary of the defendant company,…
1Opinion of the CourtOrtos, J.
The respondent company was incorporated by. chapter 374 of the P. & L. Laws of 1870. The first section of the act names the persons who are authorized to .take the necessary measures to appoint officers, open books and receive applications for insurance, and to complete a full organization of the company.
It appears in evidence that one Isaac Clark was secretary and general agent of the company to receive such applications, accompanied by premium notes, from residents of said county, for the purpose of such full organization, and that the appellant, who was a resident of the said county of…
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- Insurance Company v. WebsterSupreme Court of the United States · 1868
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