Issaquah Coal Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the District of Washington. This is an action brought upon a policy of fidelity insurance taken out by the plaintiff in error upon its secretary and treasurer, Allen Bell. The plaintiff in error, while it was a corporation of the state of Washington, had but three persons in that state officially connected with its business.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the District of Washington. This is an action brought upon a policy of fidelity insurance taken out by the plaintiff in error upon its secretary and treasurer, Allen Bell. The plaintiff in error, while it was a corporation of the state of Washington, had but three persons in that state officially connected with its business. These were Charles Power, the general manager; Allen Bell, the secretary and assistant treasurer; and E. D. Manning, the auditor. The board of trustees of the corporation, by resolution at a…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
The plaintiff in error earnestly contends that the trial court erred in admitting the Manning certificates in evidence, and in instructing the jury as it did concerning the effect thereof; and it urges that these certificates were not the certificates of the plaintiff in error, that Manning was not an executive officer of that company, that he was but a bookkeeper and accountant, that he was in a position subordinate both to Power and to Bell, and that the evidence shows that it was at Bell’s special instance and request that the blank forms furnished by the .defendant in error were filled in…
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- Guarantee Co. of North America v. Mechanics' Savings Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
- American Surety Company v. PaulySupreme Court of the United States · 1898
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