Viewing Insurance Category (4) found:The Beginnings of Title Insurance in Minnesota (1885-1886).In September 1885, the Minnesota Title Insurance and Abstract Company was incorporated by a group of Minneapolis lawyers. It offered to sell a new type of insurance to buyers of land--title insurance. One year later, the St. Paul Real Estate and Title Insurance Company was formed and began offerin... William A. Kerr: "The Law of Insurance: Fire, Life, Accident and Guarantee."(1902).William Kerr, a Minneapolis lawyer, served one six year term as Special Municipal Court Judge, 1895 - 1901. After he returned to private practice, he finished writing a 917 page treatise on insurance law. It was published in 1902, and received a harsh review in the Virginia Law Register in Decembe... Charles B. Elliott: "A Treatise on the Law of Insurance, Including Fire, Life, Accident, Casualty, Title, Credit and Guaranty Insurance in Every Form." (1902).Charles Burke Elliott (1861-1935) served on the Minneapolis Municipal Court, 1891-1894, the Hennepin County District Court, 1894-1905, and the Minnesota Supreme Court, 1906-1909. During his years on the bench, he managed to write and publish articles and books on a wide-range of legal subjects. His... Charles B. Elliott: "An Outline of the Law of Insurance" (1895).In 1895, Charles Burke Elliott was serving his first year on the District Court of Hennepin County, Minnesota. The previous three years he was on the Minneapolis Municipal Court. The day-to-day work of a trial judge did not consume Elliott, for he was a man of boundless energy. He was a prolific ... |