Pellet v. Manufacturers' & Merchants' Ins. Co. of Pittsburg
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to tlie Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern .Division of the Northern District of Illinois. The action in the Circuit Court was in assumpsit by the plaintiffs in error ■against the defendant in error, to recover damages for alleged breaches by the defendant in error of three certain agreements hereinafter referred to.
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In Error to tlie Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern .Division of the Northern District of Illinois. The action in the Circuit Court was in assumpsit by the plaintiffs in error ■against the defendant in error, to recover damages for alleged breaches by the defendant in error of three certain agreements hereinafter referred to. The plaintiffs in error, composing the firm of Pellet and Hunter, have been, ever since 1885 or 1886, and were at the times of the signing of the said agreements, and the bringing of the action below, engaged in a general fire insurance business,…
1Opinion of the Court 1
After the foregoing statement of facts,
2Opinion of the Court · GfROSSCOPGfROSSCOP, Circuit Judge
The'contract of October 1st, 1897, in substance, provided for the establishment of a general agency for the promotion of the business of the defendant in error within the territory named; appointing to *508such agency the plaintiffs in error. On behalf of the general agents it was contracted that within the territory named they would supervise the business of the company; inspect the risks reported by the local agents; forward copies of all daily reports; be responsible for all premiums collected by local agents appointed by themselves; remit to the company…
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