BENEFICIAL ETC. INS. CO. v. KURT HITKE & CO.

Docket No. L.A. 23697.

46 Cal.2d 517 (1956)

297 P.2d 428

BENEFICIAL FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. KURT HITKE AND COMPANY, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 22, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Bolton and F.V. Lopardo for Appellant.

Hill & Attias, Henry Attias, Philip Glusker and Frank Mankiewicz for Respondent.


CARTER, J.

Plaintiff, an insurance company, obtained a favorable declaration of its rights under a written agency contract in its action against defendant agent.

The contract was made in February, 1950, and according to its terms and as found by the court, plaintiff appointed defendant its general agent to solicit and obtain purchasers of insurance policies of a certain type in a specified area, the policies to be issued in plaintiff's name as insurer. Generally...

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