Utter v. Leach
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Webster (Clyde I.), J. Assumpsit by Archie C. Utter and Albert R. Thomson, copartners, as Utter & Thomson, against Charles W. Leach and another for the amount of a bond. Judgment for defendants on a directed verdict. Plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
In April, 1912, plaintiffs, who were general agents of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, entered into a written contract with one Neil I. McArthur, constituting him a special agent for the purpose of soliciting life insurance in certain Michigan territory. The contract provided that to insure the faithfulness of McArthur in carrying out the terms of the contract he should execute a satisfactory bond and deliver it to the plaintiffs. A bond with a penalty of $1,000 was prepared and signed by *33McArthur as principal and by defendants: as sureties, and delivered to plaintiffs.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- New York Life Insurance v. McDearmonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1908
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