Sanford v. Orient Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract. The declaration contained four counts, the first of which alleged that the defendant on May 6,1893, by its duly appointed agent, William.
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Contract. The declaration contained four counts, the first of which alleged that the defendant on May 6,1893, by its duly appointed agent, William. Metcalf, made him a policy of insurance for the sum of $500, by the terms of which certain property therein described was insured by the defendant against loss or damage by fire for the term of three years from the date thereof; that in the latter part of April, 1896, and before the date on which the policy would expire, the defendant, by its agent, Metcalf, agreed, with the plaintiff to renew the insurance for a period of three years from May…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
The evidence for the plaintiff, if believed, would warrant a finding that a few days before the expiration of the original policy the plaintiff and Metcalf, assuming to act as the agent of the defendant, made an oral agreement by which the defendant was to renew the insurance upon the same terms as before, for three years from the expiration of the said policy; that within a reasonable time after such expiration a new one, embodying the agreement, should be issued to the plaintiff, payable in case of loss to Campbell, the mortgagee, as his interest might appear; and that meanwhile the…
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- Angell v. . Hartford Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Brown v. Franklin Mutual Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- Emery v. Boston Marine InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
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