Reed v. Union Central Life Insurance
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the Third District Court, Salt Lake County. Hon. A. N. Cherry, Judge. Action by plaintiff to recover certain sums of money claimed to be due him as commission on certain policies of insurance obtained by him for defendant while acting as defendant’s agent. From a judgment for plaintiff defendant appealed.
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Appeal from the Third District Court, Salt Lake County. Hon. A. N. Cherry, Judge. Action by plaintiff to recover certain sums of money claimed to be due him as commission on certain policies of insurance obtained by him for defendant while acting as defendant’s agent. From a judgment for plaintiff defendant appealed. The contract between the plaintiff and defendant being that the plaintiff was to receive as compensation for his services, commissions upon the premiums, which should he paid in cash to and received hy the defendant, and no cash having been paid to or received by the defendant…
1Opinion of the Court 1
After-stating the facts,
2Opinion of the Court · MiNERMiNER, J.
The first question for consideration is whether or not after the plaintiff had obtained the application for insurance from Mr. Beck, and the defendant had accepted said application and issued the policy to Beck receiving his notes in payment of the first year’s premium, receiving payment of one note, whether the defendant before the maturity of any of the remaining notes could, by contract with Beck, purchase the surrender of the policy for a consideration of $500 cash, and the surrender of the two un-matured notes, without proof of fraud, or without an express waiver…
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3Cases cited12 opinions
- Shaw v. SpencerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- McKyring v. . BullNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
- Bennecke v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Hoxie v. Home InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1864
- Wolf v. MarshCalifornia Supreme Court · 1880
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4Cited by10 opinions
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- Porterfield v. American Surety Co.Court of Appeals of Kansas · 1919
- Schlesinger v. Star Ins. Co. of AmericaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
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