Hustisford Farmers' Mutual Insurance v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. They contended, inter alia, that the plaintiff had no power or authority to take an assignment from Schwantes of his claim against the defendant. The powers of the plaintiff are such, and only such, as the statute confers.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. They contended, inter alia, that the plaintiff had no power or authority to take an assignment from Schwantes of his claim against the defendant. The powers of the plaintiff are such, and only such, as the statute confers. Thomas v. Railroad Go. 101 U. S. 19; M., W. & M. P. R. Go. v. W. <& P. P. R. Go. 7 Wis. 59; Róele, Rimer Panic v. Sherwood, 10 id. 230; Waldo v. G., St. P. c& F. du L. R. Go. 14 id. 575; H. W. D. Paeleei Go. v. Shorn, 37 id. 655; Dietrieh v. Madison Relief Ass’n, 45 id. 19;…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, C. J.
The plaintiff is a town insurance company, organized in April, 1875, under ch. 103, Laws of 1872. It issued its policy to one Gottlieb Schwantes, insuring him against loss or damage by fire or lightning to the amount of $800 on his buildings and personal property therein. During the life of the policy a loss occurred which was occasioned, as the jury found, by a fire starting on the defendant’s right of way, and extending to the adjacent premises of the insured. The jury also found that the defendant was guilty of negligence in not keeping its right of way free from dry grass and other…
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