ABRAHAM LINCOLN LIFE INS. CO. v. HOPWOOD

No. 6859.

81 F.2d 284 (1936)

ABRAHAM LINCOLN LIFE INS. CO. v. HOPWOOD.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

January 17, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. E. Sampson, of Springfield, Ill. (Doyle, Sampson & Giffin, of Springfield, Ill., and Arnold, Wright, Purpus & Harlor, of Columbus, Ohio, on the brief), for appellant.

Carrington T. Marshall, of Columbus, Ohio (C. C. Williams and Simeon Nash, both of Columbus, Ohio, on the brief), for appellee.

Before MOORMAN, HICKS, and SIMONS, Circuit Judges.


MOORMAN, Circuit Judge.

For several years before the occurrences giving rise to this litigation the appellee had acted as an intermediary or broker in consolidating and merging insurance companies. On September 30, 1929, he sent a form letter to twelve or fifteen insurance companies stating that the president of a life insurance company had requested him to secure one or two other life insurance companies to merge with his corporation, and asking them if they would...

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