Legal Opinion
Lester v. New York Life Insurance
Texas Supreme Court
Decided March 22, 1892No. 3424PublishedCited by 6 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
COLLARD, Judge,
Section A. — Suit by J. B. Lester, the appellant, against the Hew York Life Insurance Company, for damages alleged to have resulted from a breach of its contract with him, which contract was in writing, was attached to the petition as an exhibit, and made a part of the same.
It is alleged, that the company appointed him its district agent to canvass for life insurance in the Western District of Texas, upon certain stipulated commissions as compensation; that his appointment was exclusive to plaintiff; that he went to El Paso, the headquarters of his district, and there found…
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- Cerf v. MingsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1929
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