Fred R. Canada v. Allstate Insurance Company

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

Fred R. Canada, plaintiff-appellant, was an insurance agent for Allstate (Allstate Insurance Company and Allstate *519Fire Insurance Company) from August 22, 1955, until the Company terminated his employment April 4, 1962. Four and a half years later, Canada sued Allstate in a Florida state court to recover commissions on policy renewals subsequent to April 4, 1962. Allstate removed the action under the district court’s diversity jurisdiction. The ease was tried without a jury on the issue of liability only. The district court held that under Canada’s contract with Allstate,…