Roberts v. Northwestern National Insurance
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Outa-gamie county: John Goodland, Circuit Judge. Action to recover upon a policy of fife insurance. On the-31st day of October, 1889, the plaintiff Jane Roberts owned a dwelling house in the city of Kaukauna, and the household-furniture and personal property therein.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Outa-gamie county: John Goodland, Circuit Judge. Action to recover upon a policy of fife insurance. On the-31st day of October, 1889, the plaintiff Jane Roberts owned a dwelling house in the city of Kaukauna, and the household-furniture and personal property therein. The plaintiff O’ Con-nell had a mortgage on the real estate, upon which there was. due at the time of the trial of the action $112.33. The defendant company issued its policy of insurance to Jame Roberts, November 1, 1889, running for three years, for $650 upon the building, and…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.
The evidence of the husband, Owen Roberts, was received, against objection, to show that he had been made the agent of his wife to take care of and manage the property destroyed, and to keep it insured. In other words, the husband was allowed to qualify himself as a witness for his wife by testifying directly to the fact of his agency. The appellant claims that this was error, and that the fact of such agency must be proved by other evidence. This is the first question presented. This exact question was presented and decided in the case of O’Conner v. Hartford F. Ins. Co. 31 Wis. 160, where…
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