Legal Opinion
Egan v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 26, 1929PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSanderson, J.
The plaintiff brings this action upon an account annexed to recover a commission, as broker, on the fourth annual premium, payable in 1922, on a bond executed by the Hugh Nawn Contracting Company, as principal, and the defendant, as surety. The bond runs to the Board of Water Supply of the City of New York, as obligee, and covers the construction of a dam.
Before 1912 the plaintiff had been an employee of the defendant, and when terminating the employment the defendant’s president offered to pay him a commission of twenty-five per cent on all business, including bonding and insurance, procured…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Gillis v. CobeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Fisher v. DoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Dalton v. American Ammonia Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Hammond Coal Co. v. LewisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Cullen v. SearsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Biggs v. DensmoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- James B. Rendle Co. v. Conley & Daggett, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Hayes v. GuyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- Searls v. LoringMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Bloom, South & Gurney, Inc. v. MitchellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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