National Bank v. Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland. The Connecticut Mutual Life Insitrance Company of Hartford, in the year 1861, appointed A. H. Dillon, Jr., its general agent for the territory consisting of the States of Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. He opened an office at No. 8 South Street, Baltimore, conspicuously designated by signs as his place of business as general agent of the.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland. The Connecticut Mutual Life Insitrance Company of Hartford, in the year 1861, appointed A. H. Dillon, Jr., its general agent for the territory consisting of the States of Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. He opened an office at No. 8 South Street, Baltimore, conspicuously designated by signs as his place of business as general agent of the. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company. It was his duty, among others, to" collect and receive premiums on policies issued by the company,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews
The contention of the appellant, in opposition to the decree below, upon the merits, is that the account of A.'H. Dillon, Jr., general agent, with the bank was an individual account with him as a depositor, which created the relation of debtor and creditor between them, and to which no other party was or could be privy; that the style in which it was kept, of general agent, was merely a descriptio personae, and furnished no indication that the money deposited belonged to the depositor in any fiduciary capacity; that it' described merely the busi-' ness in which he was engaged, as that of a…
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