Van Arsdale-Osborne Brokerage Co. v. Foster

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C.' J.:

This was an action brought by the Van Arsdale-Osborne Brokerage Company, a corporation, as assignees of Van Arsdale & Osborne, partners engaged in the insurance brokerage business, against ■John W. Foster, a solicitor of insurance under them. Van Arsdale & Osborne were general agents for the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, of St. Paul, Minn., and it was alleged that they employed John W. Foster to solicit insurance for the St; Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company in consideration of the payment of a certain per cent, of…