Rediker v. Queen Insurance

The plaintiff recovered a judgment upon a policy of insurance, from which the defendant appealed. The policy was issued to the plaintiff and one Miller, his partner. Subsequently plaintiff bought Miller’s interest in the property, and took an assignment of the policy from the firm. At the time of the assignment, the plaintiff gave a chattel mortgage upon the property, to secure a loan. The consent to the assignment of the policy appeared in writing upon the policy, the plaintiff having procured it from defendant’s agent. The plaintiff testified that he “left the policy with the agent, at the…