McTighe & Wadleigh v. Dean

The Chancellor.

The complainants filed their bill to compel the defendant, •as their agent, to account for and pay over certain moneys received by him for them. The moneys were collected from three insurance companies, due from them for losses by fire *82of premises for which they had issued policies to the complainants. The only agency of the defendant was to collect- and pay over these moneys. .There is no answer, and no proceedings in the cause beyond filing the bill.

Assuming that a suit in equity may be maintained for an account against an agent, whose only agency was to collect money and pay…