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" The powers of the agent are, prima facie, coextensive with the business intrusted to his care, and will not be narrowed by limitations not communicated to the person with whom he deals. An insurance company, establishing a local agency, must be held responsible... "
Legal Opinion - Page 271
1872
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Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity Argued and Determined in ..., Volume 49

Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 666 pages
...deal with such agent. The powers of an agent are pnma facie co-sxtensive with the business entrusted to his care and will not be narrowed by limitations not communicated to the person dealing with him. f3 Wallace, 222; 25 Conn., 51; 8 Wright, 259; 44 Peim., 259; 16 Wise., 241; 17 lowa,...
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Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 84

Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 796 pages
...assured. As is well said in Insurance Co. v. Wilkinson, 13 Wall. 222: "The powers of the agent are pri ma facie co-extensive with the business intrusted to...not communicated to the person with whom he deals." Again, plaintiff did not seek to avoid any requirement of the contract by reason of any assurance or...
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Albany Law Journal, Volume 28

Law - 1884 - 550 pages
...insurance companies receive the benefits, and the parties supposing themselves insured are the victims. The powers of the agent are prima facie co-extensive...intrusted to his care, and will not be narrowed by the limitations not communicated to the person with whom he deals. An insurance company, establishing...
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Albany Law Journal, Volume 24

Law - 1881 - 572 pages
...Co. v. Wilkinson, 13 Wall. 222, that the powers of a general agent " aro prima facie co-ex tensive with the business intrusted to his care, and will...limitations not communicated to the person with whom ho deals." See, also, Walsh v. Hartford Ins. Co., 73 NY 5. (2) This court will not reverse a correct...
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Albany Law Journal, Volume 7

Law - 1873 - 532 pages
...the statement was no defense to an action on the policy. The court said: "The powers of the agent are co-extensive with the business intrusted to his care,...not be narrowed by limitations not communicated to persons with whom he deals. An insurance company, establishing a local agency, must be held responsible...
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Albany Law Journal, Volume 24

Law - 1881 - 572 pages
...stated in Insurance Co. v. Wilkinson, 13 Wall. 223, that the powers of a general agent " are primii facie co-extensive with the business intrusted to his care, and will not bo narrowed by limitations not communicated to the person with whom he deals." See, also, Walsh v....
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The Insurance Law Journal, Volume 1

Insurance law - 1871 - 764 pages
...parties to come to them to seek assurance, or to forward applications on their own motion, the doctrine had a reasonable foundation to rest upon. But to apply...communicated to the person with whom he deals. — Beebe vs. Hartford Ins. Co., 25 Conn., 251 ; The Lycoming Ins. Co. vs. Shollenberg, 8 Wright, 259 ; Beal...
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The Insurance Law Journal, Volume 10

Insurance law - 1881 - 968 pages
...Phoenix Ins. Co., supta.) It was there said in a discussion of the powers of a general agent that they " are, prima facie, co-extensive with the business intrusted...not communicated to the person with whom he deals." The rule could not go further than this without violating all reason and justice. To carry it further...
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The American Law Register, Volume 11; Volume 20

Electronic journals - 1872 - 854 pages
...supposing themselves insured are the victims. The tendency of the modern decisions in this country ifl steadily in the opposite direction. The powers of...he deals. Beebe v. Hartford Ins. Co., 25 Conn. 251 ; Lycoming Ins. Co. v. Shollenberg, 8 Wright 259 ; Seal v. Park Ins. Co., 16 Wisconsin 241 ; Davenport...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 80

United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 1546 pages
...decisions in this country is steadily in the opposite direction. The powers of the agent are, primd facie, coextensive with the business intrusted to...not communicated to the person with whom he deals.* An insurance company, establishing a local agency, must be held responsible to the parties with whom...
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