Searcy v. Casualty Co. of America
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Casualty Company of America, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 5th day of April, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas, J.:
In November, 1903, the defendant made a contract with the Underwriters Real Estate and Rental Company in the State *317of Alabama, whereby the latter became the “ General Agents of the Company ” for the State of Alabama for the term of five years from November 18, 1903.
On December 15, 1903, the defendant indefinitely suspended its business in that State and so advised the Underwriters Company by a letter of which the following is a copy:
“Gentlemen.—The attention of the Company having been called to the unfavorable conditions existing in the Southern States at present for Casualty…
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