Ogle Lake Shingle Co. v. National Lumber Insurance
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered January 20, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action upon an oral contract of insurance.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
Action to recover upon an alleged oral contract of insurance. The determinative facts are these: On June 1, 1909, representatives of the respondent called on J. B. Cutter, an insurance agent at Olympia, soliciting insurance. Cuttei’, not representing insurance companies carrying the character of risk represented in respondent’s plant, had arrangements with Carstens & Earles, general insurance agent at Seattle representing several insurance companies, to send such business to it on a percentage basis. In accordance with this arrangement, Cutter, on the same day, wrote Carstens & Earles a…
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