65 Neb. 483 | Neb. | 1902
This case is before us on rehearing. The former opinion is reported in 63 Nebr., 698. It is not necessary to reiterate the facts there stated. On the former hearing, the ' point most strongly pressed by the plaintiff was that Mr. Trotter had no authority to indorse the draft issued by the adjuster of the defendant on the adjustment of the
But it is now insisted that Mr. Trotter had no authority to collect the amount of the loss due the plaintiff. To our minds the evidence is convincing that he had such authority, but, because of'the turn the argument took on the rehearing, we do not deem it necessary to go into that question. He had authority to adjust the loss; at least the plaintiff is in no position to assert that he had not, because in this action it makes such adjustment the basis of its claim against the defendant. The adjustment of such loss gave rise to a new contract between the parties. Throughout the correspondence between the plaintiff and Mr. Trotter, which followed the adjustment of the loss, the draft in question was recognized by the plaintiff as a part of such new contract. The plaintiff can not insist on a part of the contract and reject the remainder. It was a part of the contract of the adjustment of the loss that the draft should be placed in the hands of a third party to be collected, and the proceeds divided, and paid by him to the plaintiff and McKim, when they should agree upon the amount to be paid them, respectively. It was delivered to such third party in pursuance of that agreement. The draft, drawn, as it was, by one officer of the company on another officer of the same company, in favor of the plaintiff and McKim, was neither more nor less than the promissory note of the company, payable on demand. Fairchild v. Ogdensburgh, C. & R. R. Co., 15 N. Y., 837; Spooner v. Rowland, 4 Allen [Mass.], 485; Clark v. City of Des Moines, 19 Ia., 199. Neither the indorsement of the plaintiff nor McKim was necessary to enable such
It is recommended that the former opinion be adhered to, and that the judgment of the district court be reversed and the cause remanded for further proceedings according to law.
By the Court: For the reasons stated in the foregoing opinion it is ordered that the judgment heretofore rendered by this court be adhered to and that the judgment of the district court be reversed, and the cause remanded for further proceedings according to law.
Reversed and remanded.