Pratt v. Burdon
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, by a person engaged in negotiating insurance in domestic companies, having no license under St. 1887, c. 214, either as agent or broker, authorizing him to negotiate insurance in foreign insurance companies, against an agent of a foreign insurance company for one half of the commission upon the premiums paid to a foreign insurance company by two individuals for policies upon their lives.
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Contract, by a person engaged in negotiating insurance in domestic companies, having no license under St. 1887, c. 214, either as agent or broker, authorizing him to negotiate insurance in foreign insurance companies, against an agent of a foreign insurance company for one half of the commission upon the premiums paid to a foreign insurance company by two individuals for policies upon their lives. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Hammond, J., who found for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions, the nature of which appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
By the St. of 1887, c. 214, § 98, “ Any person who shall assume to act as an insurance agent, or insurance broker, without license therefor,” is punishable by a fine of not less than a hundred or more than five hundred dollars. The first part of § 93 of this chapter is as follows: “ Whoever for compensation acts or aids in any manner in negotiating contracts of insurance or reinsurance, or placing risks or effecting insurance or reinsurance for a person other than himself, and not being the appointed agent or officer of the company in which such insurance or reinsurance is effected, shall be…
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