Legal Opinion
Furman v. Gulf Ins. Co. of Dallas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 10, 1946No. 12982PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.
An agent sued two insurance companies in damages under Missouri law for the value of his agency and business in the city of St. Louis, which he claimed that through duress they had caused him to transfer to a third person without consideration. The trial court directed a verdict for the companies at the close of the agent’s evidence, and the agent has appealed. The primary question is whether there was any submissible evidence of duress as the case stood at the time. A summary of the agent’s evidence follows.
His agency had been a going business for 10 years and was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Winget v. RockwoodCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
- White v. ScarrittSupreme Court of Missouri · 1937
- Wood v. Kansas City Home Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1909
- White v. McCoy Land Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1935
3Cited by18 opinions
- W. R. Grimshaw Company and National Surety Corporation v. Nevil C. Withrow Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1957
- Graham v. Atchison. T. & S. F. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949
- Jamestown Farmers Elevator, Inc., Formerly Mutschler Grain Company v. General Mills, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Lomas & Nettleton Co. v. Tiger Enterprises, Inc.Idaho Supreme Court · 1978
- Young v. Data Switch Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
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