Home Insurance v. Adler
Supreme Court of Alabama
Action on Policy of Insurance against Fiore, or for Breach of Parol Agreement to Insure. Appeal from the City Court of Selma. Tried before the Hon. Jon a. Haralson.
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Action on Policy of Insurance against Fiore, or for Breach of Parol Agreement to Insure. Appeal from the City Court of Selma. Tried before the Hon. Jon a. Haralson. This case was before this court, on appeal by the present appellant, at its December term, 1882, and was reported in 71 Ala. 516-28. ' The action was brought by Max J. Adler, against the Home Insurance Company, which was described as a “ body corporate doing business by and through an agent in said county of Dallas and was commenced on the 24th July, 1879. The plaintiff sued to recover the agreed value of a stock of goods, which…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
The testimony in this case reasonably establishes the following propositions of fact: That ICayser was the agent of the appellant corporation, authorized to contract for it, and to assume fire risks in its name; that he and Adler conferred together, and agreed, the latter to take out, and the former to issue a policy of insurance, without pre-payment of premium, and without further negotiation, the one with the other; that the rate of premium, duration of the policy, location of the subject of the insurance, nature of the risk, and'substantial details of the policy, were all mutually…
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