Guernsey-Newton Co. v. Napier

Main J.

By this action, it was sought to recover a money judgment upon an obligation which the defendant owed to the plaintiff. The cause was tried to the court, without a jury, and resulted in findings of fact and conclusions of law denying a recovery. From the judgment entered, dismissing the action, the plaintiff appeals.

The appellant was a general insurance agency, with its principal place of business in Seattle. The respondent acted as its agent in Kent. As such agent, he received premiums for policies of insurance which he wrote, in the sum of $106.43, out of which he was entitled to a…