Wheeler v. Hartford Life Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota; Page Morris, Judge. Action at law by Albert M. Wheeler against the Hartford Life Insurance Company of Irlartford, Conn. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BOOTH, District Judge.
Action for damages based upon an alleged breach of a written contract of agency between the plaintiff in error, plaintiff below, a citizen of Minnesota, and the defendant in error, defendant below, a corporation of the state of Connecticut. The contract in controversy was entered into June 1, 1912, between the plaintiff and defendant, and became effective July 1, 1912. By its terms the plaintiff was constituted general agent of the defendant, for the purpose of soliciting applications for life insurance in the defendant company, and having as his territory the state of…
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