SHAIN v. WASHINGTON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 16959.

308 F.2d 611 (1962)

Elwin K. SHAIN, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

October 9, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Meardon and D. C. Nolan, Iowa City, Iowa, for appellant; Ansel Chapman, Iowa City, Iowa, with them on the brief.

Robert Osmundson, Iowa City, Iowa, for appellee.

Before SANBORN and BLACKMUN, Circuit Judges, and REGISTER, District Judge.


BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.

By this diversity action Elwin K. Shain seeks an accounting and damages from Washington National Insurance Company for wrongful termination in 1957 of Shain's contracts as general agent for the defendant at Iowa City, Iowa. The case was tried to the court and resulted in a dismissal at the close of the plaintiff's evidence and in a consequent judgment for the defendant.

In 1943 Shain left the employ of another insurance company. For...

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