Legal Opinion · Dissent
Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Durkin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 14, 1950Published
1DissentDore, J.
In my opinion both sections of the statute before us for construction, by clear and unambiguous language and without any qualification or exception express or implied, forbid any life insurance company in the State of New York from paying to agents compensation greater than that determined by an “ agreement made in advance of the payment ” (of the premium under [§ 213, subd. 7], and of the services under [§ 213-a, subd. 5]). That is what the statutes plainly say and that is what they mean. The acts in question are found (art. IX-A. “ Life, Accident and Health Insurance Companies and…
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