Honore v. Lamar Fire Insurance
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Eeastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding. The question presented in this case arises on this state of facts : Honoré, the appellant, having executed his note to Butter, Endicott & Whitehouse, for $2,146.50, deposited with them, as collateral security, seventy-four barrels of whisky. They effected an insurance on the whisky, at their own expense, in their own name, and without the authority or knowledge of Honoré.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Eeastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding. The question presented in this case arises on this state of facts : Honoré, the appellant, having executed his note to Butter, Endicott & Whitehouse, for $2,146.50, deposited with them, as collateral security, seventy-four barrels of whisky. They effected an insurance on the whisky, at their own expense, in their own name, and without the authority or knowledge of Honoré. The whisky was subsequently destroyed by fire, and the insurance company paid the policy to Butter, Endicott & Whitehouse, first…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
The appellant executed his note to Butter, Endicott & Whitehouse, for $2,146.50, and deposited with them, as collateral security, 14 barrels of whisky. They effected an insurance on the whisky in the Lamar Eire Insurance Company, appellees herein, at their own expense, and in-their own name, and without the authority, or even knowledge, of appellant. The whisky was subsequently destroyed by fire, and the company paid the policy to Butter, Endicott & Whitehouse, first requiring an assignment of appellant’s note. The note was accompanied by a power of attorney to confess a judgment, and the…
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