Serbinoff v. Wolverine Mutual Motor Insurance

On July 24, 1922, Charles Sparks, acting as a sales agent for George E. Travis, of Pontiac, sold a Reo motor truck to Steve Matey, of Keego Harbor, under a conditional sales contract. Sparks at that time was also acting as a soliciting agent for Charles A. Bingham, who conducted an insurance agency at Birmingham under the name of the Holden Agency. This agency had a written contract with the defendant company under which it was authorized to secure applications, collect the first premium, and forward the application and premium, less its commission, to the defendant for action thereon.' At…