Phœnix Insurance v. Pratt

The defendants were, local agents for the plain- ■ tiff in the city of Anoka, conducting insurance business in its behalf, from June, 1881, until some time after March 4, 1885. They had also been engaged in a general insurance business for many years before. In April, 1888, the defendants, as such agents, issued a •policy, in behalf of plaintiff, to the First. National Bank of Anoka, ■■upon the Anoka City mill for one year, which was thereafter renewed :from year to year, and was in force in March, 1885, when the mill 'was burned. In July, 1884, the plaintiff appointed one Otto Greely…