Amicable Mutual Life Insurance v. Sedgwick
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract against John S. Sedgwick, Mary E. Sedgwick and George W. Randall, on a bond for $2000 dated September 2, 1869, entered into by John S. Sedgwick as principal, and the other defendants as sureties, the condition of which was as follows : “ If the above bonded John S. Sedgwick, who has been appointed agent of the Amicable Mutual Life Insurance Company, shall faithfully conform to all instructions and directions which he, as such agent, may at any time receive from the…
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Contract against John S. Sedgwick, Mary E. Sedgwick and George W. Randall, on a bond for $2000 dated September 2, 1869, entered into by John S. Sedgwick as principal, and the other defendants as sureties, the condition of which was as follows : “ If the above bonded John S. Sedgwick, who has been appointed agent of the Amicable Mutual Life Insurance Company, shall faithfully conform to all instructions and directions which he, as such agent, may at any time receive from the said Amicable Mutual Life Insurance Company, and shall, on the first day of each month, remit to the office of the…
1Opinion of the CourtAmes, J.
The bond declared upon is a guaranty of the honesty and good faith of John S. Sedgwick, in the fulfilment of his duties as the plaintiffs’ agent. It stipulates, in the most general terms, that he “ shall faithfully conform to all instructions and directions which he, as such agent, may at any time receive from ” them, “ and shall, on the first day of each month, remit to the office of the company all moneys received by him, not previously remitted, as such agent, less his commissions, together with his account of the same.” It does not recite what his duties, in other respects, are to be, nor…
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