Commercial Standard Insurance v. Rinn

Mr. Chiee Justice Burke

delivered the opinion of the court.

These parties appeared in reverse order in the trial court and will hereinafter be referred to as there, or plaintiffs by name and defendant as the company. The latter was a nonresident corporation whose general agent in this state was the E. W. Shaw Company, or E. W. Shaw, which is here immaterial. This general agent we hereinafter refer to as Shaw.

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