Western Assur. Co. of Toronto v. Polk
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to tlie Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska.
1Opinion of the Court
CALDWELL, Circuit Judge.
The Western Assurance Company of Toronto, the plaintiff in error and plaintiff below, is an insurance company. It was sued on one of its policies in a state court in Nebraska. The complaint alleges, in substance, that it retained the defendant in error, who is a practicing lawyer, to defend the suit brought against it in Nebraska, and that, by reason of his negligence, judgment was rendered against it by default on a demand which it did not owe, hut which it was compelled to pay by reason of the judgment obtained thereon through the defendant’s negligence as its…
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