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HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE CO. v. WILSON

No. 79.

187 U.S. 467 (1903)

23 S.Ct. 189

47 L.Ed. 261

HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. WILSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 5, 1903.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel B. Paul for petitioner. Mr. Alexander Wolf and Mr. Maurice D. Rosenberg were with him on the briefs.

Mr. Henry P. Blair for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The question is whether at the time of the fire there was a valid and subsisting contract of insurance. The negotiations in respect to the policies were not between the insurer and the insured directly, but between agents of each. As shown by paragraphs 2 and 3 of the agreed statement of facts, the agent of the insurer delivered the policies to the agent of the insured upon...

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