149 N.W. 174 | S.D. | 1914
Plaintiff by his complaint alleged that in December, 1911, the defendant was the agent for the First National Life & Accident Insurance Company and authorized to write insurance and reeeive premiums; that defendant represented to plaintiff that lie would and could take plaintiff’s application for insurance, and hold such application in abeyance at his office in Aberdeen until such time as plaintiff decided whether or not he would accept or reject such insurance; and that such application would remain in the office of defendant, and would not be sent to- said insurance company until by plaintiff directed to be so- done; that, plaintiff thereupon, on the 26-th day of December, 1911, made, executed, and delivered a promissory note for $117.90, and placed the same in the hands of the defendant with an application for insurance, under the agreement that the same should be held by the defendant, and not delivered until such time as defendant was advised to do so by plaintiff; that thereafter plaintiff immediately wrote defendant informing him that plaintiff would not accept such insurance, and would not permit the application to- be forwarded to said company, and that he would not receive the policy of insurance, and demanded that the defendant cancel said application and return said note to plaintiff; that defendant failed and refused to return said note, but took the same to a bank and sold said note to an innocent purchaser, and by reason thereof plaintiff was required to, and did, pay said note; that the said representations made by defendant were false and untrue, and made for the purpose of defrauding -plaintiff ;• that plaintiff relief thereon, and believed the ■same to be true, in executing said note -and leaving the same with defendant; that no consideration for said note existed, and plaintiff was defrauded out of said sum by reason of the fraudulent transfer of the said note, and by reason of the said fraudulent acts and' statements of defendant; that plaintiff1 has demanded of defendant the proceeds of said note and he has failed and refused to- pay the-
The issues were tried before the court without a jury, and findings made in favor of plaintiff upon all the issues, and judgment entered accordingly, from which defendant appeals, -assigning various errors, and that the evidence was insufficient to sustain such finding and judgment, and that the decision and judgment are against the law.
All assignments of error have been considered, and, no error appearing, the judgment and order appealed from are affirmed.