Tasker v. Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, on a policy of insurance. Plea, the general issue. Reported, 58 N. 11. 469. October 2,1875, the plaintiff went to the office of one Robinson, an insurance agent at Claremont, and procured of him three concurrent policies of insurance, for $1,000 each, on his saw-inill, machinery, and steam-engine connected therewith. Each policy covered the same amount on ehch of the items of property.
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Assumpsit, on a policy of insurance. Plea, the general issue. Reported, 58 N. 11. 469. October 2,1875, the plaintiff went to the office of one Robinson, an insurance agent at Claremont, and procured of him three concurrent policies of insurance, for $1,000 each, on his saw-inill, machinery, and steam-engine connected therewith. Each policy covered the same amount on ehch of the items of property. When the plaintiff took the policies, Robinson agreed with him to keep him insured in three good companies to the amount in all of $3,000. The plaintiff paid the premium on the three policies when…
1Opinion of the CourtDoe, C. J.
The alleged contract on which the plaintiff brings this suit, is a policy of insurance written by Robinson. If this policy is not a contract made by Robinson as agent of both parties, it is not a contract made by anybody. Robinson’s knowledge of it was, in legal effect, the plaintiff’s; and at the time of the fire this constructiv^information was all the knowledge of the contract the plaintiff had. Robinson was not merely'the plaintiff’s agent for the purpose of receiving the policy. Their agreement was, that Robinson should keep the plaintiff insured in three good companies to the amount of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Glass v. HulbertMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
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- Kilgore v. Loyal Protective Ass'nSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1917
- Prince v. Granite State Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1933
- Davis v. United States Health & Accident InsuranceSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1905