Dakin v. Queen City Fire Insurance
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: William N. Gatens, Judge. Statement by Mr. JUSTICE MOORE. This is an action by R. H. Dakin against the Queen City Fire Insurance Company, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, a corporation, to recover the amount of an insurance policy.
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From Multnomah: William N. Gatens, Judge. Statement by Mr. JUSTICE MOORE. This is an action by R. H. Dakin against the Queen City Fire Insurance Company, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, a corporation, to recover the amount of an insurance policy. It is alleged in the complaint in effect that defendant is a corporation, and on June 17, 1908, in consideration of the payment of the required premium, it issued to plaintiff a policy stipulating to indemnify him against injury by fire, occurring within a year, to a stock of drugs, etc., and to the store and fixtures in which the medicines were kept…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore
1, 2. It is maintained that an error was committed in permitting the defendant’s agent who solicited the insurance to testify, over objection and exception, respecting *272the value of a stock of drugs, medicines, etc., when it appeared that he had no special knowledge of that class of goods. M. J. Van Valkenberg, as plaintiff’s witness, testified that before the policy was issued he, as defendant’s agent, examined the goods and fixtures involved herein and estimated their values at $1,200 and $1,000, respectively. It does not appear that this agent had any special knowledge of the value of the…
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