Bates v. Northern Bond & Mortgage Co.

Citations

• 129 Wash. 343
• 225 P. 52
• 1924 Wash. LEXIS 748

Syllabus

<p>Evidence (173) — Insurance (30)- — Oral Agreement to Insure— Modification of Contract — Parol Evidence to Vary Writing. A clause in a mortgage that the mortgagor keep the property insured is not contradicted by evidence of an oral agreement that the mortgagee, who was an insurance agent, agreed to renew the policy of insurance on the place and send the mortgagor the bill which the mortgagor agreed to pay, and that the mortgagee failed to renew the policy; since the mortgagee occupied a dual position and as an insurance agent could make the parol agreement to keep up the insurance in that manner, and would be liable for the damages from its breach.</p>