Playman v. Commercial Underwriters
Oregon Supreme Court
Prom Multnomah: David R. Parker, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice McBride. This is an action by C. H. Plyman against the Commercial Underwriters at Commercial Inter-Insurance Exchange, Guy L. Wallace, E. A. Tyler and Prank E. Hitchcock, partners doing business under the firm name and style of Guy L: Wallace & Co., attorneys in fact for the firms, individuals and corporations, whose names to plaintiff are unknown, composing the Commercial Underwriters at Commercial…
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Prom Multnomah: David R. Parker, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice McBride. This is an action by C. H. Plyman against the Commercial Underwriters at Commercial Inter-Insurance Exchange, Guy L. Wallace, E. A. Tyler and Prank E. Hitchcock, partners doing business under the firm name and style of Guy L: Wallace & Co., attorneys in fact for the firms, individuals and corporations, whose names to plaintiff are unknown, composing the Commercial Underwriters at Commercial Inter-Insurance Exchange, upon an alleged insurance policy. The complaint recites, in substance, that the defendants Wallace, Tyler…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McBride
1, 2. The defendant Commercial Underwriters at Commercial Inter-Insurance Exchange is a combination of firms, corporations and individuals for the pur*672pose of providing indemnity among each other from fire loss or other damage to their own property, and is presumably organized and acting under the provisions of Chapter 222, Laws of 1911. The plaintiff entered into the combination, giving to defendant Guy L. Wallace & Co. a power of attorney to act for and represent him in the combination; a like power presumably having been executed by other participants therein. The authority of the attorney…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lawrence v. SchaeferNew York Supreme Court · 1897