Williams v. Boston Insurance
Williams v. Boston Insurance
Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff appeals from an order sustaining a demurrer to his complaint.
It appears from the complaint that defendant issued a fire insurance policy, of the Minnesota standard form, insuring a dwelling house in the city of St. Paul belonging to plaintiff for a period of three years, for which plaintiff paid the prescribed premium of $24, and that subsequently plaintiff paid a further sum for a vacancy permit, which payment was at the rate of $32 per year. Plaintiff claims that he was coerced into making this additional payment by fear that the policy would become void or be canceled, and that the charge was extortionate and a breach of the contract evidenced by the policy. We infer from the complaint that the rate to be charged for vacancy permits had been fixed and prescribed by a rating board organized and acting under chapter 101, p. 133, Laws of 1915, and that defendant refused to issue the vacancy permit, unless plaintiff paid the rate so prescribed. Plaintiff
Order affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- CORNELIUS WILLIAMS v. BOSTON INSURANCE COMPANY
- Status
- Published