Globe & Rutgers Fire-Insurance v. Jones
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Donovan, J. Assumpsit by the Globe & Rutgers Fire-Insurance Company against James A. Jones for money had and received. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This is an action for money had and received. The defense is a set-off for damages from a breach of contract alleged by defendant to have been committed by the plaintiff.
Prior to March 1, 1898, the defendant, James A. Jones, was the local agent in Detroit for the Rutgers Fire-Insurance Company. On that date he was appointed general agent of the same company for the State of Michigan, under a written contract. The term of the appointment and the contract was five years from March 1, 1898. The *665defendant worked under the appointment from its date until about March 1, 1899, continuing his local…
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