Smith v. Union Central L. Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before W. P. GrEEnE, special Judge, Spartanburg, Spring term, 1918. Action by Wade Smith against the Union Central Life Insurance Company. From a ruling of the trial Judge that plaintiff was entitled to trial by jury, the defendant appeals. The following is the contract referred to in the opinion: The terms of this contract to be strictly confidential.
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Before W. P. GrEEnE, special Judge, Spartanburg, Spring term, 1918. Action by Wade Smith against the Union Central Life Insurance Company. From a ruling of the trial Judge that plaintiff was entitled to trial by jury, the defendant appeals. The following is the contract referred to in the opinion: The terms of this contract to be strictly confidential. This agreement, made this 15th day of March, 1906, between E. D. Byers, General Agent of the Union Central Life Insurance Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, party of the first part, and Wade Smith, of Spartanburg, in the State of S. C., party of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion ot me Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
This is an appeal from the ruling of his Honor, the presiding Judge, that the plaintiff is entitled to a trial by jury,
The allegations of the complaint, material to the question involved, are as follows :
“That on or about the 15th day of March, 1906, the plaintiff entered into a contract with E. D. Byers, general agent of Union Central Eife Insurance Company, by the terms of which contract, among other things, the plaintiff was to solicit and write insurance for the Union Central Rife Insurance Company, for a period of nine years, and…
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