The Aetna Casualty and Surety Co., a Corporation, the Automobile Insurance Co., a Corporation, and Woodrow W. Miller v. Adelbert W. Lee

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for damages entered by the District Court in favor of the plaintiff-appellee, in accordance with a jury verdict. Plaintiff Lee has an established real estate and insurance business, representing a number of insurance companies, including the Aetna group (defendants here). Defendant Miller was employed by Lee to handle the insurance branch of his business. After some years he became dissatisfied and quit his job. On application to Aetna, he was made an “office agent” of Aetna, an arrangement whereby Miller was supplied by Aetna with…