Issuing a policy of insurance is not a transaction of commerce. The policies are simple contracts of indemnity against loss by are, entered into between the corporations and the assured, for a consideration paid by the latter. These contracts are not... The Spectator Insurance Yearbook - Page 831893Full view - About this book
| Nathaniel Tyler - 1879 - 546 pages
...contracts " for freight are " simple contracts " entered into between the corporations and the shipper " for a consideration paid by the latter." " These contracts...meaning of the word. They are not subjects of trade or barter offered in the market as something having an existence and value independent of the parties... | |
| Ontario. Court of Appeal, James Stewart Tupper, Richard Scougall Cassels - 1880 - 712 pages
...not a transaction of commerce. The policies are simply contracts of indemnity against loss by fire entered into between the corporations and the assured for a consideration paid by the latter." Elsewhere in the judgment he used the following language, which is sufficiently apposite to the whole... | |
| Canada. Superintendent of Insurance - 1882 - 540 pages
...not a transaction of commerce. The policies are simply contracts of indemnity against loss by fire entered into between the corporations and the assured for a consideration paid by the latter." Elsewhere in the judgment he Urred the followinglanguage, which is sufficiently apposite to the whole... | |
| 1901 - 958 pages
...of commerce, and it was said: "The policies are simple contracts of indemnity against loss by fire, entered into between the corporations and the assured...offered in the market as something having an existence in value independent of the parties to them. They are not commodities to be shipped or forwarded from... | |
| 1895 - 1088 pages
...not a transaction of commerce. The policies are simply contracts of Indemnity against loss by flre, hy the latter. These contracts are not articles of commerce In any proper meaning of the word. They... | |
| 1904 - 926 pages
...this language applicable as well to a lottery ticket? Is a lottery ticket subject to trade and barter as something having •an existence and value independent of the parties to it? The value of an insurance policy is . independent of the paper itself and rests upon the assurance... | |
| Fire Underwriters' Association of the Northwest - 1891 - 278 pages
...of commerce. - Policies of insurance are simple contracts of indemnity against loss by fire," and " not articles of commerce in any proper meaning of the word. They are not subjects of barter and trade offered in the market as something having an existence and value independent of the... | |
| William Weeks Morrill - 1894 - 928 pages
...the meaning of the Constitution, though the parties be domiciled in different States. The court say these contracts are not articles of commerce in any...something having an existence and value independent of the parlies to them. They are not commodities to be shipped or forwarded from one State to another, and... | |
| William Weeks Morrill - 1894 - 928 pages
...commerce. Telegraphic communication is not commerce ; "it is not a subject of trade and barter offered in market as something having an existence and value independent of the parties to them." It is not an intercourse — though it may be, and doubtless is, an important and valuable instrument... | |
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