Connecticut Fire C. Hartford v. Baker

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Stites

Reversing.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Rock-castle Circuit Court based on the verdict of a jury in favor of the appellee, W. F. Baker, and against the appellant, the Connecticut Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut. It is alleged in the petition that, on or about June 19, 1936, the appellant, through its agent, U. K. Martin, issued a policy of fire insurance in the sum of $1,000 on appellee’s residence and storeroom in the city of Mount Yernon. Appellant denied the issuance of the policy and denied that U. K. Martin was its agent at…