SHEPHERD v. UNION CENTRAL LIFE INS. CO.

No. 7345.

74 F.2d 180 (1934)

SHEPHERD v. UNION CENTRAL LIFE INS. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 12, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Crooker, and Carl G. Stearns, both of Houston, Tex., for appellant.

David T. Searls and Fred R. Switzer, both of Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before FOSTER, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.


SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

E. D. Shepherd, Sr., sued the Union Central Life Insurance Company for a breach of contract in that the company terminated in February, 1933, his contract as its general agent for a large territory in Texas which was by its terms to run till June, 1939. The company pleaded in justification a provision of the contract reading: "This contract may be terminated on thirty days notice in writing, except as provided in Article 7, at the option of...

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