O'Neil v. Burnett
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 120, Oct. T., 1918, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1917, No. 403, discharging rule for judgment for want of sufficient affidavit of defense in the case of J. D. O’Neil, Insurance Commissioner of Pennsylvania, acting by Thomas B. Donaldson, Special Deputy in Charge of the Liquidation of the American Union Fire Insurance Company, v. L. A. Burnett.
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Appeal, No. 120, Oct. T., 1918, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1917, No. 403, discharging rule for judgment for want of sufficient affidavit of defense in the case of J. D. O’Neil, Insurance Commissioner of Pennsylvania, acting by Thomas B. Donaldson, Special Deputy in Charge of the Liquidation of the American Union Fire Insurance Company, v. L. A. Burnett. Rule for judgment for want of sufficient ¿ffidavit of defense in action of assumpsit by insurance commissioner against defendant, as agent of an insolvent insurance corporation, to recover moneys received by…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This is an action of assumpsit on behalf of the insurance commissioner as liquidating trustee to recover moneys collected by the agent of an insolvent fire insurance company. On February 27, 1911, the American Union Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia, by written agreement, employed L. A. Burnett as general agent at Pittsburgh to negotiate insurance and do other business connected therewith, on the basis of commissions and expenses. On the same day the company, by a separate written agreement, employed him as its fiscal agent at Pittsburgh, with authority,…
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