Legal Opinion

Foster v. Lincoln Fire Ins.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 7, 1935No. 7827PublishedCited by 1 opinion

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

  1. Moore v. Security Trust & Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
  2. Wallace v. American Life InsuranceOregon Supreme Court · 1924
  3. North Carolina State Life Insurance v. WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1884
  4. Merchants' Life Ins. Co. v. GriswoldCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
  5. Standard Life Insurance Co. v. CareySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Forbis v. Educators Automobile InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1965

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