Simpson v. Kerkeslager

Citations

• 41 Pa. Super. 347
• 1909 Pa. Super. LEXIS 64

Syllabus

<p>Bankruptcy — Receiver—Insurance—Payment of premiums — Mistake as to title — Personal liability of receiver.</p> <p>Where a receiver of a bankrupt firm is orally directed by the referee at a creditors’ meeting to insure certain real estate, and he complies with this request by placing the insurance with an insurance agent who is personally present at the meeting, and it turns out after the expiration of some time, and after the agent had paid over the premiums out of his own pocket to his company, that the building insured was not the property of the bankrupt, the receiver will be personally responsible to the insurance agent for the premiums paid by the latter.</p>