Boston Store v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

The main contention of counsel for defendant is that the judgment should be reversed because of plaintiff’s failure to give prompt written notice of the accident to one of defendant’s duly authorized agents, in accordance with the terms of the policy. The argument is, in substance, that the Shaw Co., insurance brokers, was the agent of plaintiff and not of defendant, that the written notice given to the Shaw Co. on April 7, 1915, the day after the accident occurred, was not notice to defendant, and that the notice given by the Shaw Co., to defendant on August 15, 1916, more than a year and…