Salquist v. Oregon Fire Relief Ass'n
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: John P. Kavanaugh, Judge. Department 2. It is admitted that the defendant at all the dates mentioned in the pleadings was and is a mutual fire insurance association, incorporated as such under the laws of Oregon and duly authorized to write fire insurance for its members only, in accordance with the mutual insurance laws of the State of Oregon.
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From Multnomah: John P. Kavanaugh, Judge. Department 2. It is admitted that the defendant at all the dates mentioned in the pleadings was and is a mutual fire insurance association, incorporated as such under the laws of Oregon and duly authorized to write fire insurance for its members only, in accordance with the mutual insurance laws of the State of Oregon. It is said in the complaint that before the commencement of the suit, for about eleven years, the defendant had maintained John Brown as its local agent at Gresham, to represent it in soliciting insurance and binding the defendant to…
1Opinion of the CourtBurnett, C. J.
To sustain her allegations of the agency of Brown, the plaintiff offered, and over the objections of the defendant there was received, evidence of the acts and statements of Brown, but no writing creating his authority. The effort of the complaint is to recover upon an oral contract of insurance. Throughout the pleading the matter is spoken of as a “contract of insurance.”
1. It is said in Section 6457, Or. L., that—
“From and after the first day of September, 1911, no fire insurance company, corporation or association, their officers or agents, shall make, issue, use, or deliver for use, any…
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