Walters v. Washington Ins.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the Lee District Court. This action was tried before a jury at tbe September term, 1855, of the Lee District Court. Verdict for the defendant, and judgment against the plaintiff for costs. The facts of this case are fully detailed in the opinion of the court..
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Appeal from the Lee District Court. This action was tried before a jury at tbe September term, 1855, of the Lee District Court. Verdict for the defendant, and judgment against the plaintiff for costs. The facts of this case are fully detailed in the opinion of the court.. The plaintiff appeals' from the judgment thus rendered against her, and in this court, assigns for error, the giving, and refusal to give, certain instructions. argued: 1. As to the question of the assignment of the policy, after loss, we insist, that it was, by the common law, assignable in equity. . 1 Phil, on Ins. 39; 2…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodward, J.
Dr. Charles Walters held a policy of in-surance, executed by the defendants, on a lot of medicines? .and the plaintiff held a policy of the same company on the office building in which the medicines were kept. Charles Walters assigned his policy to the plaintiff, on the 20th November, 1854. A loss took place before the assignment. The policy “agreed to make good unto the said assured, his ■executors, administrators, and assigns, all. such immediate ■loss,” &c. It also contained this provision: “Policies of insurance subscribed by this company, shall not be assignable without the consent of…
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