Bang v. Farmville Ins. & Banking Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Virginia
[At law. Action on a policy of fire insurance by Frederick J. Bang against the Farmville Insurance & Banking Company. Judgment for plaintiff.] The facts of the case are sufficiently stated by the CHIEF JUSTICE.
1Opinion of the Court
WAITE, Chief Justice.
Woodward & Sherwood were the agents of the defendant at Jersey City, with authority “to take fire risks,, fix rates of premium, receive moneys, countersign, issue, renew, and grant leave to transfer policies of insurance signed by the president and secretary of the company, and to transact the business of insurance in accordance with the rules and regulations of the company, and such instructions as might from time to time be given them by the officers thereof.”
The plaintiff employed a firm of insurance brokers in New York to place a large amount of insurance for him upon…
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