New York Life Insurance v. McGowan
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Leavenworth District Court. Mrs. Margaret McGowan brought-suit against The N. Y. Life Insurance Company, and Reuben Partridge and George H. English, to recover an alleged balance due her on a policy issued by said insurance company on the life of her former husband. Partridge was the general agent for said insurance company, having his office in Leavenworth.
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Error from, Leavenworth District Court. Mrs. Margaret McGowan brought-suit against The N. Y. Life Insurance Company, and Reuben Partridge and George H. English, to recover an alleged balance due her on a policy issued by said insurance company on the life of her former husband. Partridge was the general agent for said insurance company, having his office in Leavenworth. As such agent he was authorized to appoint and did appoint local and soliciting agents, who reported to him. One of such soliciting agents, G. M. Pinkham, solicited and received an application from George Roberts (then the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This action concerned litigation of the most deplorable character, and comprised transactions so disreputable that one could wish they had never occurred. The dishonest insurance agent, who figured in the proceedings in despoiling a woman of the greater part of $2,000 due her on an insurance-policy on the life of her dead husband, deserves lasting disgrace.
The case arose out of the following circumstances : On the 17th of September 1872, the defendant in error, then the wife of George Roberts, applied to the New York Life Insurance…
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