Merchants' Life Ins. Co. v. Griswold
Texas Commission of Appeals
Appeal from Court of Civil Appeals of Third Supreme Judicial District. Action by S. M. Griswold against the Merchants’ Life Insurance Company. From a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals (212 S. W. 807) affirming a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcOLENDON, P. J.
This suit was brought by S. M. Griswold, as plaintiff, against Merchants’ Life Insurance Company, as defendant, to recover damages for alleged breach of a contract under which the defendant employed the plaintiff as its exclusive agent to solicit insurance in certain counties in Texas for. a period of five years from April 1, 1914. The trial court’s judgment, which was in favor of plaintiff upon a special issue verdict, was affirmed by the Court of Citil Appeals. 212 S. W. 807.
The judgment of the trial court was for $24,229, with legal interest from October 5, 1917. Of this amount $20,000…
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