Foster v. Lincoln Fire Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a ruling and judgment on a demurrer of no cause of action. The suit for damages claimed breach of a fire insurance general agency contract and supplement the Chicago Fire & Marine Insurance Company had made with appellant, on November 1, 1930 and appellee had, on January 2, 1932, assumed. The petition set out the contract, the supplement, and the assump*337tion agreement in full. Tire contract was not for a fixed term, but was of indefinite duration, with a provision in it for termination on 60 days’ notice.1 It named Foster general agent for the state…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Moore v. Security Trust & Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
- Wallace v. American Life InsuranceOregon Supreme Court · 1924
- North Carolina State Life Insurance v. WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1884
- Merchants' Life Ins. Co. v. GriswoldCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
- Standard Life Insurance Co. v. CareySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Forbis v. Educators Automobile InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1965