Mortimer v. Bristol
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Morton L. Mortimer, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 20th day of March, 1919, granting defendant’s motion for a new trial and setting aside the verdict of a jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Merrell, J.:
This action was brought to recover the sum of $100,000 damages for breach of a written contract of employment *454whereunder the plaintiff entered the employ of the defendant, who was the general agent of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in the boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx, and whereby the defendant appointed the plaintiff an agent in said boroughs to solicit applications for life insurance and to devote his time and energies solely to the interest of said defendant and the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company within said territory. The compensation was to…
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