Planters' Insurance v. Myers
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Hinds County. Hon. S. S. Calhoon, Judge. W. Gr. Myers brought this action against the Planters’ Insurance Company, to recover upon a policy of insurance issued by that company, insuring certain property against loss or damage by fire. The property insured and destroyed by fire was a gin-house and machinery attached, cotton-press, grist-mill, and cotton and cotton-seed.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Hinds County. Hon. S. S. Calhoon, Judge. W. Gr. Myers brought this action against the Planters’ Insurance Company, to recover upon a policy of insurance issued by that company, insuring certain property against loss or damage by fire. The property insured and destroyed by fire was a gin-house and machinery attached, cotton-press, grist-mill, and cotton and cotton-seed. The application for insurance was made on a printed form, furnished by the insurance company. Myers, the applicant, was asked fifteen questions, which, with the answers, are as follows: “ Question.…
1Opinion of the CourtSimrall, C. J.
Wilson, the local agent of the Planters’ Insurance Company, in Bolivar County, solicited and procured Myers to effect the insurance in question in that company.
He had been regularly appointed in writing. His general duties were to solicit and procure customers, take applications for policies, collect the premiums, and forward both to the principal office at Jackson, and give binding receipts for insurance for fifteen days. To facilitate him in the business, he *497was furnished with printed blanks of applications, to be-filled up under his supervision, which were intended to inform the company of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Ex Parte McNielSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Campbell v. New England Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Rowley v. . the Empire Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Insurance Company v. MahoneSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Plumb v. . Cattaraugus Co. Mutual Insurance Company.New York Court of Appeals · 1858
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- Security Ins. Co. of New Haven v. CameronSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
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