Degnan v. General Accident, Fire & Life Assurance Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, General Accident, Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Limited, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 30th day of April, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 13th day of May, 1913, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
The defendant is a foreign corporation, and in 1911 was represented in this country by Duer & Gillespie as general agents of its Lability insurance department. Duer & Gillespie entered into an arrangement with the plaintiff by which they agreed to pay to him twenty-five per cent of premiums received for insurance issued upon his application. Subsequent to this agreement he produced two applications for liability insurance, one by the Degnan Contracting Company and the other by James Pilkington to cover risks incurred in connection with certain work carried on by them. The…
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