Vertrees v. Head
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 11. — ACTION BY J. S. VERTREES AGAINST HEAD & MATTHEWS. Appeal from Ohio Circuit Court. T. F. Birkhead, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
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Judge Carroll
Reversing.
Tlie appellant, Yertrees, wlio was the plaintiff below, sought in this action to recover from the appellees, Head & Matthews, defendants below, $1,000, upon the ground that, as insurance agents, they induced him to take out a policy of insurance for that sum in an insolvent company, not authorized to do business in this state, thereby causing him to sustain a loss in that amount. In the petition he averrecl in *86substance that, desiring to obtain insurance upon a stock of merchandise, he applied to Head & Matthews, insurance agents, for the purpose…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hill's Adm'r v. Penn. Mutual Life Ins.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1905
- Clark v. Dunham Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1888
- Dent v. McGrathCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1867
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- Burgdorfer v. ThielemannOregon Supreme Court · 1936
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