Merchants' & Mechanics' Insurance v. Vining & Brother
Supreme Court of Georgia
Insurance. Charge of Court. Principal and Agent. Waiver. New Trial. Before Judge Willis. Muscogee Superior Court. November Adjourned Term, 1880. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
Vining & Bro. sued The Merchants’ & Mechanics’ Insurance Company of Virginia, to recover their losses on policy given to them by that company. The jury gave a verdict against the company; a new trial was refused, and the case is brought up upon the charge of the court, and because the finding was decidedly and strongly against the weight of the evidence and the principles of equity and justice.
(1.) The first error complained of in the charge is that the judge instructed the jury, “If the company or their authorized agent examined the goods at the time they 'were insured, or…
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