Legal Opinion

Butler v. New York Life Insurance

Washington Supreme Court

Decided December 21, 1906No. 6438PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Morris, J., entered May 10, 1906, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action to recover commissions.

1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.

The appellant, a life insurance company, appointed the respondent as its agent to solicit insurance on its behalf. The contract between the parties was in writing, and provides that the respondent should receive for his services a certain per centum on all original cash premiums for the first year of insurance, and a certain per centum on second *142year premiums which should be collected during the time the respondent continued as agent of the appellant. The parties by mutual consent terminated their relations on January 1, 1905, the respondent entering into the services of another company and…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Baker v. Missouri National Life Insurance CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1963
  2. Miller Insurance Agency v. Home Fire & Marine InsuranceMontana Supreme Court · 1935
  3. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland v. Washington Life Ins. Co. of New YorkDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1912
  4. Aldrich v. New York Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
  5. Aetna Life Insurance Co. of Hartford v. MoserWashington Supreme Court · 1937

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