Beneficial Fire & Casualty Insurance v. Kurt Hitke & Co.

Plaintiff, an insurance company, obtained a favorable declaration of its rights under a written agency contract in its action against defendant agent.

The contract was made in February, 1950, and according to its terms and as found by the court, plaintiff appointed defendant its general agent to solicit and obtain purchasers of insurance policies of a certain type in a specified area, the policies to be issued in plaintiff’s name as insurer. Generally the insurance to be sold was for property damage and public liability in connection with a certain class of motor vehicles. The contract was to…