Aldrich v. New York Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The New York Life Insurance Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of'the clerk of the county of Jefferson on the 14th day of December, 1906, upon the report of a referee:
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
In February, 1898, the parties entered into a written agreement by which tlie defendant employed the plaintiff as its agent to can-' vass for applications for life insurance in its behalf. The plaintiff continued in this employment until July 16, 1903, when the agreement was terminated by the defendant. . There was no definite term to the agency — a hiere hiring at will, and the defendant had the right to end it, therefore, at its election. (Martin v. New York Life Ins. Co., 148 N. Y. 117; Outerbridge v. Campbell, 87 App. Div. 597.)
*19The contract provided that the plaintiff should,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Martin v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Hercules Mutual Life Assurance Society of the United States v. BrinkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Outerbridge v. CampbellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Butler v. New York Life InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1906
- Heyn v. New York Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
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