Solms v. Rutgers Fire Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment-. In 1856, Charlotte Quisse owned a house and some furniture, occupied and used by her, in Westchester county, upon which she desired insurance for four thousand dollars. She employed her husband, A. H. Quisse, to obtain such insurance, and gave him fifty dollars to pay the premium.
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Appeal from a judgment-. In 1856, Charlotte Quisse owned a house and some furniture, occupied and used by her, in Westchester county, upon which she desired insurance for four thousand dollars. She employed her husband, A. H. Quisse, to obtain such insurance, and gave him fifty dollars to pay the premium. The husband went to New York, and made application to the Stuyvesant Company for the whole amount of insurance, informing the company that it was to be insured for Charlotte Quisse, who own- d the property. The company agreed to make the insurance, and received from him the fifty dollars for…
1Opinion of the CourtGrover, J.
—The plaintiff showed no right to relief upon the ground that there was a mistake in making out the policy originally by the defendant. Although the evidence showed that the application made for insurance upon the property, to the Stuyvesant Company, by A. H. Quisse, was for insurance in behalf of Charlotte Quisse, the owner of the property, yet there was no evidence tending to show that any such application was made by that company to the defendants, nor but that the defendants made the policy in strict accordance with, the application and *207agreement entered into. It is clear that no…
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