Miller v. Phœnix Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Cedar District Court. Action at law. — The petition avers substantially, that one Fassett, being indebted to plaintiffs, and having susi tained a loss upon a policy of insurance issued to him by the defendant, made his certain order upon defendant in words following: “ $1,263.38. “ To the Phcenix Insurance company, of Hartford, Conn.: Please pay to the order of Alman Miller & Co., ..of New York city, the | sum of one thousand two hun- ... idred and sixty-three…
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Appeal from, Cedar District Court. Action at law. — The petition avers substantially, that one Fassett, being indebted to plaintiffs, and having susi tained a loss upon a policy of insurance issued to him by the defendant, made his certain order upon defendant in words following: “ $1,263.38. “ To the Phcenix Insurance company, of Hartford, Conn.: Please pay to the order of Alman Miller & Co., ..of New York city, the | sum of one thousand two hun- ... idred and sixty-three and T\\ dollars out of any money * -.that may be due me for damages by reason of the loss by '‘7.-’fu’e of my stock of…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
1. ihsueakoe : power of agents. The errors assigned upon the record relate to the exclusion of certain evidence offered by plaintiffs. The questions arising thereon need only be . T n considered.
The plaintiffs introduced as a witness Wells Spicer, who testified that he was, during the time of the transactions set out in the petition, the local or resident agent of defendant, at Tipton, where the insurance was effected, and, as such agent, issued the policy. His commission as agent was introduced in evidence. It empowers him “to receive proposals for insurance against loss or damage by fire,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Viele v. Germania InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
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- Coles v. Jefferson Ins. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
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- Nertney v. National Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1925
- Merserau v. . Ph&338nix Mutual Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1876
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