Davis v. Pioneer Mutual Insurance
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Morris, J., entered December 9, 1905, granting a motion for nonsuit, in an action to recover upon a fire insurance policy, after a trial on the merits before a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
By this action plaintiff seeks to recover upon a fire insurance policy. At the close of the testimony submitted by the plaintiff, the defendant moved for a nonsuit. The motion was granted and judgment was entered dismissing the action. The plaintiff has appealed.
*533The evidence discloses that appellant is an experienced fire insurance agent and solicitor. He has been engaged in that business much of the time since 1899, and for about one year was engaged in soliciting for the respondent association. He was familiar with respondent’s methods of doing business, with its forms of written…
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