Bartholomew v. Merchants' Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Henry District Court. Insurance : powers of agents : applications : filling UP OF INSTRUCTIONS Í ACTIONS ON INSURANCE POLICY, ETC.The petition alleges, that, on the 25th day of April, 1865, the defendant (incorporated by the laws of Illinois, and located at Qnincy in that State) issued a policy of insurance to the plaintiff, to date from April 19, 1865, and to continue in force for one year.
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Appeal from Henry District Court. Insurance : powers of agents : applications : filling UP OF INSTRUCTIONS Í ACTIONS ON INSURANCE POLICY, ETC.The petition alleges, that, on the 25th day of April, 1865, the defendant (incorporated by the laws of Illinois, and located at Qnincy in that State) issued a policy of insurance to the plaintiff, to date from April 19, 1865, and to continue in force for one year. That by the policy the defendant agreed to insure the plaintiff against loss or damage by fire to the amount of $400, on his store building in the town of Independence, Yan Burén county, Iowa,…
1Opinion of the Court
Dillon, Oh. J.
1áppiicatí?nf: Statement cnmKnce™' I. The numerous errors assigned relate to the rulings of the court in the reception and rejection evidence on the trial, and to instructions given, refused and modified. It would be prolix to allude to these in detail. They present, in various forms, the same questions, and these questions are, in substance: What, as respect the plaintiff, were the powers of the agent, Stevens ? Were the company affected by the alleged verbal communication of knowledge of the incumbrances to Stevens, he having failed to insert a truthful answer in this respect…
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