National Union Fire Ins. Co. v. Weatherwax Gentry

GARDNER, Chief Justice.

The National Union Fire Insurance Company brought suit originally on the law side of the docket against Weatherwax & Gentry, a partnership, and the individual members of the firm, J. L. Weatherwax and L. W. Gentry, seeking a recovery of $1,065.83 due by account. Subsequently, upon the theory the accounts were complicated, the cause was removed to the equity docket, and a bill filed by the company seeking the same amount in the accounting.

The basis of the accounting was a contract of employment, or what may more properly be termed an agency contract, wherein these…