Connecticut General Life Insurance v. Chase
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action to recover for tbe breach of a writing obligatory, executed by the defendant, Myron F. Chase, as principal, and by the other defendants, Arthur E. Ellis, P. J. Chase, Isabelle Chase and Morton Marvin, as sureties, and delivered to. the plaintiff. Heard upon the report of a referee, Washington County, September Term, 1899, Watson, J., presiding. Judgment pro forma and without hearing was rendered for the plaintiff on the report. The defendants excepted.
1Opinion of the Court
Watson J.
Prior to April, 1888, Frank C. Griswold was in the employ of the plaintiff as superintendent of agencies, and as such, had authority to appoint agents and make arrangements *177and trades with them, subject to the approval of the company, and thus he continued until after the execution and delivery to the company of the bond in question by the defendants on the lYth day of October, 1893. Acting in that capacity, Griswold, in April, 1888, employed the defendant,Myron F. Chase, to work for the plaintiff, and within a month thereafter, Chase entered upon his employment and thenceforth thus…
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