Vail v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
This is an action of assumpsit brought by the appellant in the superior court of Cook county, against the appellee, to recover, as commissions, five per cent of the renewals of certain contracts of insurance placed with appellee. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence the court instructed the jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendant, upon which a judgment was rendered, which has been affirmed by the Appellate Court for the First District, and a further appeal has been prosecuted to this court.
On the trial of the case an instrument in writing, bearing date January 2, 1888, also…
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