Pittsburgh Boat-Yard Co. v. Western Assurance Co.

Citations

• 118 Pa. 415
• 11 A. 801
• 1888 Pa. LEXIS 405

Syllabus

<p>Where the assured had placed the money for the premium in the hands of a broker through whom the insurance was obtained, and the company’s general agent delivered the policy, giving credit to the broker for the premium, and afterwards in his usual course of business reported and paid the amount thereof to his company: Held,</p> <p>That, though the policy contained a provision that the company should not be liable until the premium was actually paid and that the agent had no authority to waive any of the conditions, yet the question was, whether the agent made the broker his own debtor for the amount he had paid to the company, to be submitted to the jury to find whether or not the premium had been paid.</p>