Legal Opinion
Stancliff v. Southland Life Ins. Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 28, 1943No. 13206PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOONEY, Justice.
Fred J. Stancliff sued Southland Life Insurance Company for an accounting and to recover renewal commissions alleged to have accrued under an agency contract. Before the effective date of our present Rule 90 of Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the court sustained a general demurrer to the petition, and plaintiff declining to amend, the suit was dismissed, from which he appealed.
The substance of plaintiff’s allegations is that, under a written agreement (copy of which was attached and made a part of the petition), he became an agent for defendant, to solicit insurance in a…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Louisville Tobacco Warehouse Co. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1899
- Masden v. Travelers Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931
- Chase v. New York Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Chicago Life Ins. v. TiernanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1920
- Barton v. Travelers InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1909
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Frankiewicz v. National Comp AssociatesTexas Supreme Court · 1982
- Brown Stove Works, Inc. v. KimseyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
- Johnson v. Country Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1973
- Buskuhl v. Family Life Insurance Co.California Court of Appeal · 1969
- Geiss v. Northern Insurance AgencyNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1967
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