United States Life Insurance v. Advance Co.

This was an action brought by appellee, to recover from the United States Life Insurance Company, appellant, an account for advertising, contracted by one Greene, who was at the time general agent for appellant.

A jury having been Avaived, a trial was had before the court, on the folioAAung agreed facts:

“ In November, A. _D. 1871, one Samuel Greene was general agent, for the State of Illinois, for the United States Life Insurance Company of New York, having his headquarters in Chicago; that upon his order the plaintiffs advertised said insurance company in their paper, ificurring a just bill…