Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland v. Washington Life Ins. Co. of New York
District Court, D. Maryland
In Equity. Action by the Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland against the Washington Life Insurance Company of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSE, District Judge.
The respondent is the Washington Life Insurance Company. It is a New York corporation. It will be called the'Company. A Dr. Skinner was its general agent for the state of Ohio. As such he made a written contract with one Benckenstein. The contract was approved by the Company. For the purposes of this case it will be held to have been a contract of the Company. By it Benckenstein became an agent of the Company. At the time this suit was brought he was a citizen of Ohio.' He will be spoken of as the Agent. The complainant is the Fidelity & Deposit Company. It is a Maryland…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Partridge v. The Insurance CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Wells v. National Life Ass'n of HartfordCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1900
- Ætna Life Insurance v. NexsenIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
- Chase v. New York Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Hercules Mutual Life Assurance Society of the United States v. BrinkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Baker v. Missouri National Life Insurance CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1963
- American Nat. Ins. Co. v. TeagueTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
- Locher v. New York Life InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1919
- L. A. Walden & Co. v. Consolidated UnderwritersMichigan Supreme Court · 1946
- American Nat. Ins. Co. v. TeagueTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
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