Ecuyer v. New York Life Insurance
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for' Xing county, Frater, J., entered August 17, 1917, upon granting a nonsuit, dismissing an action for slander, tried to the court and a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, C. J.
This is an action for slander. Defendant, New York Life Insurance Company, has its principal office in New York City. Throughout the United States and Canada it has branch offices. Through these offices new business is written and premiums on current and renewal policies are collected. One A. S. Elford was in charge of the Seattle office and, as inspector of agencies, had general supervision over other branch offices in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Utah, British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. ■ One C. C. *249Norton was cashier of the Seattle office. One S. S. Buxton was traveling auditor for the…
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