Hartford Fire Insurance v. King
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Gadsden. Tried before the Hon. John H. Disque. ' This action was brought by the appellee, T. J. King, against the appellant, the Hartford Fire Insurance CompanjT-. The complaint contained two counts, which were as follows : 1st. ‘ ‘The plaintiff claims of the defendant the sum of six hundred dollars, the partial value of a storehouse, which the defendant on the — day of Sept., 1891, insured against loss or injury by fire for the term of one…
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Appeal from the City Court of Gadsden. Tried before the Hon. John H. Disque. ' This action was brought by the appellee, T. J. King, against the appellant, the Hartford Fire Insurance CompanjT-. The complaint contained two counts, which were as follows : 1st. ‘ ‘The plaintiff claims of the defendant the sum of six hundred dollars, the partial value of a storehouse, which the defendant on the — day of Sept., 1891, insured against loss or injury by fire for the term of one year, which house was afterwards destroyed by fire on the 21st day of Sept., 1891, of which the defendant has had notice,…
1Opinion of the CourtMoCLELLAN, J.
— We think the evidence in the record before us presents this case : Blair was the agent of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company at Gadsden, with power to accept propositions for insurance in said company, to receive premiums, bo make contracts of insurance and to issue policies without referring such applications to the company itself, though perhaps policies issued by him were subject to a right of cancellation in the company. King proposed to Blair to insure a certain house in the Hartford Co. for one year from September 12th, 1891, for six hundred dollars at a premium of three and…
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