Greenwich Ins. v. Waterman
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. At Law. Action on a contract of insurance in the circuit court for Wayne county, Mich., by Cameron i). Waterman and Joshua W. Waterman against the Greenwich Insurance Company. Defendant removed the cause to the circuit court of the United Otates, where verdict and judgment were given for plaintiffs. Defendant brings error.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. At Law. Action on a contract of insurance in the circuit court for Wayne county, Mich., by Cameron i). Waterman and Joshua W. Waterman against the Greenwich Insurance Company. Defendant removed the cause to the circuit court of the United Otates, where verdict and judgment were given for plaintiffs. Defendant brings error. Statement by TAFT, Circuit Judge: This was a writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court for the eastern district of Michigan in favor of Cameron D. Waterman and Joshua W. Waterman…
1Opinion of the Court
TAFT, Circuit Judge,
(after stating the facts.) By their verdict the jury found that J&üph and Dickinson stipulated that the risk should attach from the lOih of April. The finding was based on sufficient evidence after a fair submission of the issue to the jury, and cannot be reviewed in this court.
The main controversy here is on the question of Ward’s authority to bind the company by a preliminary and verbal contract of insurance. The court below, in effect, charged the jury ill at. if there was a well-defined usage by which local agents of foreign insurance companies could make binding…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Robinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Hardwick v. State InsuranceOregon Supreme Court · 1891
- Perkins v. Washington InsuranceCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1825
- Schurr v. SavignyMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
- Bowling v. HarrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1848
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- Mundy v. Louisville & N. R.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1895
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