August Rebhan Co. v. Taylor
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Wood county: ByeoN B. Pabk, Circuit Judge. Tbe plaintiff was tbe general state agent of tbe Casualty Insurance Company of North America, and tbe defendants were tbe local agents of tbe plaintiff for tbe placing of insurance in that company at Grand Eapids and surrounding territory.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Wood county: ByeoN B. Pabk, Circuit Judge. Tbe plaintiff was tbe general state agent of tbe Casualty Insurance Company of North America, and tbe defendants were tbe local agents of tbe plaintiff for tbe placing of insurance in that company at Grand Eapids and surrounding territory. Prior to December 26, 1907, tbe Citizens Trust Company of Milwaukee bad been tbe general state agent of tbe insurance company, and tbe defendants bad been tbe local agents, but on tbe day last named tbe plaintiff became tbe general agent, and continued tbe defendants…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, C. J.
Tbe principal contentions of tbe plaintiff are that there was no exclusive agency shown and no sufficient evidence to establish the custom which the jury found existed. We do not find it necessary, however, to discuss these questions. Under simple and well known principles the judgment is right upon the undisputed facts.
The defendants were the agents of the plaintiff corporation to sell insurance at certain rates in this territory for a certain commission. While acting as such agents they secured prospective purchasers of insurance, who were ready to purchase if they could secure a…
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