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Show f)RTHWESTERN IS GIVEN "THE HOOKS" Ktlcn of tlic atato attorney l h mtnlnlng (ho decision Cdlforntfl Insurance Uopart-Ut Uopart-Ut the Northwestern Mutunl 'ctlon of Seattlo. Wash., MUIUM to u license la nn-thcr nn-thcr In tho cap of Insur-mmlnloncr Insur-mmlnloncr Phclp., an Un- Iteport, tho leadlne; Jn- Journal of the Pacific WtMihcd at 8an KrnncUico, J of Juno 3d. Tho commltv-mi commltv-mi Already been uphold b' n Fleet of tho foil oral a,! lmuuo toward tho inu- the attorney gonornl'a rul- lndi'jeudont line reached ' tonrulon M4lio6econd court action w Commissioner Phelps '"Mlf because ho had rciua- to companies violating ,fit. '. nn'' 'hat ho was ' In boll, cases, s an olo-'Mtloionlal olo-'Mtloionlal to hli discernment ruination to safoguard In-9Jjer In-9Jjer of Cnllfornln ThU. ' wn too long tho camp-m camp-m of oH coIor lnwranc0 ? tu. ,)0,h th Insuring "d IcRltlninto undurwrltor tt? !he,r tt0Tt'- H ro-"mmlMloncr ro-"mmlMloncr Phelps. hlnisol ki Inturanco mnn, to Imtl- i iS ",,,, fnllfornlana will n,J Kn) uul courage t??i-r .lll,b,lc offMaU who 'wined to do tholr wholo toVXft f"nilMloner Phelps criticised nnd lampoonod. 'rtrtsS?. " ln ,h mouth of ou..h ,0 a,Uck hl motives iBHM,0.n hu Incorlty So h. ' ?'flcls wlir bo muall. 4 on .on,ralMon woll nu a2iiut '"I'KVnt Ineur- it hnten ' of tho hired fromS.lve PMlclty to' tho tn ? .U, fuct tbol HI16 bM .Mu,ua ns recently "I to iL'0"1? at PrJoo n"'1 Wll' In Salt Uko City T and clsowhoro wlioro tho company und Hit incthods aro known, the NnrUiwestorn Is a Joko, except to tho man who has n policy und u fire follows VorMmentcin ,Munt l')' l'. Tho eu promo court of WaihlnRton has rofusod to relieve the North-westorn North-westorn Mutual Flro association from payment of a flro loss on grain belonging to a Whitman county coun-ty farmer nnd tho company muil now pay tho latter's lnsuranco amounting am-ounting to 14723 89 Tho Xnrmor had obtained a verdict for $5G.89 against tho mutual In tho superior court at Colfax, Wab., lact car, but tho company appealed to tho supreme su-preme court, which found thnt as tho Assured had a sound valuo of olght hundred dollars under hU policy, this amount should bo deducted de-ducted from tho original verdict against tho company, which U now affirmed. . , , , Tho enso attracted considerable uttentlon because tho cowpnny ro-fused ro-fused to pay tho grain grower after tho flro. alleging that ho had et tho flro himself for tho Iniuranco money Tho company aubaoquentl) had the policyholder arrested on a chargo of arson, but tho Jur brought ln u vordlct of not RUllty Next tho policyholder fllfld a civil ult agalnt tho NortliweBtcrn Mutual Mu-tual to recoer 15000, tho amount of tho policy, Tho trial Jury found for tho grain grower, awarding him BB33.8. the amount of the policy and Interest. This erslc appealed ap-pealed by tho company which ot up tho counter claim that tho assured as-sured had not paid tali Pml'umS who., due. although It developed that tho company had acropted K aftorward ..... ., ft will bo noto.1 that tint the mutual rofueed to pay Ita pollcyhol-der pollcyhol-der becauio It suspected W burning hU property, but a erward adopted tho dofonio hat the P; mlum had not been paid on tho date It wa due. , , .,, -tnra It Is now a year and a half alnco tho grain growora' property was burned. |