Legal Opinion
Hobbins v. Hannan
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided March 10, 1925PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDoerfler, J.
The plaintiffs are licensed insurance agents, and as such represent numerous insurance companies authorized to do business in this state. It is a well known fact, of which the court can take judicial notice, that the great bulk of the insurance business is initiated and procured through the instrumentality of agents or agencies; that a large part of the insurance so procured is controlled by the agents, and upon the expiration of policies is renewed through them, so that in the course of time an insurance agent or an agency, by reason of such renewals and procuring of new risks, succeeds in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State ex rel. Bolens v. FrearWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
- Linden Land Co. v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
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