PARTRIDGE v. THE INSURANCE COMPANY


82 U.S. 573 (1872)

15 Wall. 573

PARTRIDGE v. THE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. T.W.B. Crew and J.F. Hardin, for the plaintiff in error:

Mr. N.P. Chipman, contra.


Mr. Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

The question did not arise whether the custom which the plaintiff offered to prove could have been proved as the measure of his compensation, in the absence of any express contract, because the plaintiff had introduced in evidence a letter from the defendant in reference to this compensation, under which he said he had acted in taking the policies for which he now claimed the additional commission. There was no...

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