Park & Iverson v. Piedmont & Arlington Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Georgia
*Assumpsit. Insurance agents. Custom. Examination of witness. Before Judge Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. May Term, 1872. The Piedmont and Arlington Eife Insurance Company brought assumpsit against Park & Iverson for $5,000 00, alleged to have been collected by them as the agents of said company at Columbus, Georgia, from January 1st, 1868, to January 1st, 1871, for which they had failed to account.
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*Assumpsit. Insurance agents. Custom. Examination of witness. Before Judge Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. May Term, 1872. The Piedmont and Arlington Eife Insurance Company brought assumpsit against Park & Iverson for $5,000 00, alleged to have been collected by them as the agents of said company at Columbus, Georgia, from January 1st, 1868, to January 1st, 1871, for which they had failed to account. The defendants pleaded the general issue, payment, and set-off of $2,500 00 alleged to be due to them for commutation of renewal premiums, on policies obtained by them, after their discharge as…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff <*&„mst the defendants to recover a sum of money alleged to have been received by them as agents of the plaintiff, in the life insurance *453business. On the trial of the case, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. The main question in issue between the parties at the trial, was whether the defendants should be allowed their set-off to the plaintiff’s demand and for commutation of renewed premiums oh policies obtained by them after their discharge as plaintiff’s agents.- The plaintiff proved by the sworn answer of the…
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