Republic Underwriters v. Meyer’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““On or prior to March 14, 1933, certain individuals, partnerships and/or associa tions of individuals, whose names are unknown to the plaintiffs but well known to the defendants, executed a power or powers of attorney to the defendant A. B. Shoemake, authorizing the said A. B. Shoemake as such attorney to execute contracts of insurance against loss by fire conformable to the insurance laws of the State of Texas; that thereafter said A. B. Shoemake, defendant herein, applied to the Board of Insurance Commissioners for the State of Texas for a license to so execute and deliver policies of insurance against loss by fire and that thereafter such license was duly issued to said A. B. Shoe-make as attorney for such subscribers, authorizing him for and in behalf of such subscribers to issue policies of insurance against loss by fire conformable to the insurance laws of the State of Texas in the name of the defendant, Republic Underwriters, by A. B. Shoemake, attorney. “Plaintiff further allege that said Republic Underwriters, with A. B. Shoemake as their duly authorized attorney, were organized and duly licensed as aforesaid under the provisions of Chapter 19, Title 78, of the Revised Statutes of 1925, and in the alternative alleged that if mistaken in that that it was organized with A. B. Shoemake as attorney duly authorized and duly licensed as aforesaid under the provisions of Chapter 20, Title 78, of the Revised Statutes of 1925.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shoemake v. Meyer