United States Casualty Co. v. Parnell

Citations

• 72 Pa. Super. 586
• 1919 Pa. Super. LEXIS 368

Syllabus

<p>Insurance — Agency—Contract of agency — Termination of contract — Liability for uncollected premiums.</p> <p>Where a contract of agency with an insurance company provided that the agent should be liable for all premiums collected, the agent is under no duty, after the cancellation of the contract, to collect premiums unearned and not computed until five months after the termination of the contract of employment.</p> <p>Practice, C. P. — Insufficient statement of claim — Judgment for defendant.</p> <p>A statement of claim, in an action of assumpsit for uncollected premiums due under a contract with an insurance company, is insufficient, where the amounts claimed to be due are shown to have accrued as additional premiums five months after the termination of the agency, and not to have been ascertained when the agency was terminated; the provision in the contract for the collection and payment of premiums by the agent did not apply to such premiums.</p>