Firemen's Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey, a Corporation v. William A. Craigie and Bette P. Craigie

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by Firemen’s Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey (hereinafter called “Firemen’s”), from a judgment of $96,500 and interest based upon a jury verdict in an action brought by William A. and Bette P. Craigie, as plaintiffs, upon a Minnesota fire insurance policy issued by Firemen’s to them, effective December 22, 1959. The policy was procured for the plaintiffs by Wilbur E. Bennington, of Minneapolis, a licensed fire insurance agent, who had been requested in the early part of December, 1959, by William A. Craigie to obtain a fire insurance policy…