Pride v. Commercial Union Insurance
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Morgan Law and. Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Wert. Action by Tbomas E. Pride against the Commercial Union Insurance Company, Limited, of London, England, for money had and received. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Morgan Law and. Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Wert. Action by Tbomas E. Pride against the Commercial Union Insurance Company, Limited, of London, England, for money had and received. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. The complaint alleges that the sum of $740.35 was due, from the defendant, by virtue of the fact that by an agreement with Haas & McIntyre, general agents of the defendant company, plaintiff was to solicit insurance on behalf of defendants, on cotton to be exported by the cotton firm of Harris, Cortner & Co., doing business in the city of…
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, P. J. —
To the original complaint in this case a special plea was interposed, which averred “that the sum sued for in this action, and each and every count thereof, is compensation, reward, hire, or commission claimed by the plaintiff for the following services, to wit: For soliciting insurance in this state, *339since August 25, 1909, bn behalf of the defendant, a foreign insurance company not incorporated in this state, of Harris, Cortner & Co.; and defendant says that at the time of the performance of such service and work,. and prior thereto, the plaintiff had not received a…
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