Norton v. Gleason
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit for the account of a promissory note. Trial by jury at the December term, 1888, Taft, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the defendant. Exceptions by the plaintiff- The plaintiff was the general agent of the North Western Mutual Life Ins. Co. of Wisconsin, and on the 14th May, 1887, took the application of the defendant for two policies upon his life in said company.
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Assumpsit for the account of a promissory note. Trial by jury at the December term, 1888, Taft, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the defendant. Exceptions by the plaintiff- The plaintiff was the general agent of the North Western Mutual Life Ins. Co. of Wisconsin, and on the 14th May, 1887, took the application of the defendant for two policies upon his life in said company. It was then agreed that when the policies were delivered the plaintiff was to pay the amount of the premiums to the company and take the defendant’s note to himself for the amount, and in pursuance of said…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Yeazey, J.
Taking up the exceptions in the order in which-they stand in the plaintiff’s brief, the first point urged was not the subject of exception in the court below.
The second point is, that it was error for the court to exclude the testimony offered by the plaintiff to show that the defendant, on the 11th day of June, was examined for the purpose and with a view of taking ont policies in other companies. This is put on the ground that on the trial the only defense claimed was. alleged false representations of the plaintiff at the' time the…
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