Farnum v. Phoenix Insurance
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Vanclief, C.
The action is upon a policy of insurance, and the appeal is from a judgment of nonsuit.
The grounds of defendant's motion for nonsuit, and upon which the motion was granted, are presented by a bill of exceptions, and the record discloses the following facts:—
The defendant is a foreign fire insurance corporation doing business as such in this state, having general agents for the state located in San Francisco, and a duly appointed local agent for the county of San Joaquin located at Stockton. On May 2, 1887, plaintiffs verbally applied to the Stockton agent for a policy of insurance…
2Cases cited56 opinions
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