Stratford v. Petticord

Citations

• 108 Kan. 775
• 197 P. 221
• 1921 Kan. LEXIS 264

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Contract — To Procure Insurance on Aeroplane — Contract Indefinite— Loss — Petition for Damages Fails to State Cause of Action. A bill of particulars alleged that the manager of a corporation contracted with the plaintiff, a stockholder, that the corporation would procure insurance on at least one of a number of aeroplanes owned by it, without specifying which one should be insured; that none was insured; that one was destroyed by a contingency against-which insurance was to have been obtained; and that the plaintiff was damaged. Held,, that the contract was indefinite and that a cause of action against the manager for damages was not stated.</p>