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shows that Phoenix did join Ker & Co. in moving for the dismissal
of the case and prayed that the present action be dismissed as
against Ker & Co., Ltd., because being purely and simply the
agent of the insurer, it is not liable under the policy and as
against the Phoenix Assurance Co., Ltd. because by failing to seek
an arbitration within twelve months from the date of its receipt of
the denial of its claim on June 22, 1965, plaintiff, Bay View Hotel,
Inc , is deemed under condition 8 of the policy, to have abandoned
its claim against said defendant Phoenix Assurance Co., Ltd.
Contracts Insurance Law, An insurance contract provision for
prior arbitration before resort to court action applies only where
insurer disputes the amount of liability, not where there is a total
disclaimer of liability.We find in favor of plaintiffappellant The
provisions of Condition No. 8, more specifically the portion thereof
which reads, if any dispute shall arise as to the amount of
companys liability under this policy x x x, do not appear to
require any extended interpretation Condition No. 8 requires
arbitration only as to disputes regarding the amount of the
insurers liability but not as to any dispute as to the existence or
nonexistence of liability. Thus, Condition No. 8 comes into play
only if the insurer admits liability but cannot agree with the
insured as to the amount thereof and cannot be invoked in cases
like that at bar where the insurer completely denies any liability.
Defendantsappellees contention that plaintiffappellants failure
to request arbitration proceedings is a bar to its filing of the suit
at bar against the insurer company cannot be sustained, specially
considering the established principle that contracts of adhesion
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III
The lower court erred and acted with grave abuse of discretion
in holding that Condition No. 8 of the Policy No. FGC5018P
requires that should there be a controversy in the payment of the
claims, it should be submitted to an arbitration despite the
admissions by the parties and the established fact that Condition
No. 8 of said Policy No. FGC5018P provides for Arbitration if
any dispute shall arise as to the amount of companys liability.
IV
The lower court erred and acted with grave abuse of discretion
in granting the Motion for Summary Judgment and dismissing
the complaint.
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ought to favor the principal. This has to be the rule, for the
act or declarations of an agent of the party within the scope
of the agency and during its existence are considered and
treated in turn as the declarations,
acts and
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representations of his principal and may be given in
evidence against such party.
Plaintiffappellant insists that since the motion for
summary judgment was filed on behalf of defendant
appellee Ker & Co, alone, there was no motion for
summary judgment as far as Phoenix was concerned and
the trial courts decision dismissing the case should not
have included the principal Phoenix.
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The authority cited for this view, to wit, Section 26, Rule
130 of the Rules of Court, reveals that the same is being
justified under one of the recognized exceptions to the rule
of res inter alios acta. To my mind, this rule of evidence
finds no application herein.
Section 26 of Rule 130 allows the admission against the
principal of any act or declaration of the agent within the
scope of his authority during its existence. It has no
reference to a principal using in his favor an admission
secured by the agent from a third party. In the case at bar,
Phoenix is not being held bound or made liable by any act
or declarations of Ker. Instead, Phoenix seeks to profit from
something done by Ker. While this may be correct, its
justification must be based on
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