Legal Opinion
Stagg v. Insurance Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 13, 1871PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
77 U.S. 589
19 L.Ed. 1038
10 Wall. 589
STAGG
v.
INSURANCE COMPANY.
December Term, 1870
ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Missouri; the case being this:
Stagg became the agent of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, in October, 1849, by his acceptance of a circular which contained this language:
'The usual compensation of agents, so far as we know, is 10 per cent. commission on the premiums, with one dollar for each policy, and 5 per cent. on the premiums on the renewal of policies.'
This circular gave him certain instructions about his agency, and some suggestions as to the modes…
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Stagg v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1870
3Cited by22 opinions
- Lillard v. Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1904
- Chase v. New York Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Baker v. Missouri National Life Insurance CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1963
- Jacobson v. Connecticut Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- King v. RaleighMissouri Court of Appeals · 1903
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