New Orleans Insurance v. Boniel
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia county. Boniel, plaintiff below, sued the appellant upon a contract of insurance made by plaintiff with appellant, through one Bell, its agent at Warrington. The following are the material facts appearing in record : Prior to and at the date of the fire out of which this suit arose T. C. Watson was the agent at Pensacola of several insurance companies of which appellant was one.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia county. Boniel, plaintiff below, sued the appellant upon a contract of insurance made by plaintiff with appellant, through one Bell, its agent at Warrington. The following are the material facts appearing in record : Prior to and at the date of the fire out of which this suit arose T. C. Watson was the agent at Pensacola of several insurance companies of which appellant was one. He then had, and for several years previous had had in his employ at Warrington, Fla., one Gam. Bell, whose duty it was to receive applications at Warrington lor insurance in…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief-Justice delivered the opinion of the court.
There is no pretence that there is any testimony in the case showing that when plaintiff applied for the insurance any company was mentioned in which plaintiff desired to have his property insured. Watson was an agent for several fire insurance companies, and Bell, who seems to have been his employe in receiving applications for insurance and forwarding such applications to Watson for his action, and in delivering policies, when the applications were accepted by Watson, and collecting premiums thereon at Warring-ton for Watson, had no other…
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