May v. Western Assur. Co.

In this case it appears that the plaintiff, Mr. May, went to Judge Ames, an insurance agent in Minneapolis, who had been carrying his insurance for a series of years, and told him that he wanted $20,000 of insurance. Judge Ames knew the condition of the property, and he afterwards handed in to the plaintiff $20,000 of insurance; but Judge Ames, it seems, was unwilling to carry that amount in the company or companies that he represented, and therefore went to the agent of the defendant, Mr. Seeley, and offered him $2,500 of it, and Mi. Seeley took the insurance, wrote out the policy, and sent…