Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-07-27
SUPREME JUDGE
ASKS FOR REBATE
JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT
VIOLATES STATE Law.
LETTERS ARE PRODUCED
Authorship Of Letters is Acknowl-
edged Ly Judge Rouje Marshall,
That Life Insurance Agents Com
mission he Paid to Him.

Milwaukee, Wis. Justice Roujs y.
Marshall of the supreme court of
Wisconsin is the high court official
referred to i'll the proceedings of the
Wisconsin legislative life insurance
investigating committee when State
Manager ]. G. Albright Of the Union
Central Life Insurance Company of
Cincinnati produced correspondence
showing tha5 supreme court official
asked that the life insurance agents
commission for collection of the pre-
MUM on his policy be paid to him.
The authenticity Of the correspondence
was vouched for by justice Marshall
The justice, however, thought there
was nothing irregular in any of the
letters.
The original correspondence was
produced by Mr.. Albright The letter
soliciting the commission for collec-
ton is as follows:
State Of Wisconsin, Supreme Court.
Madison, Wis, Oct l, 1902.
(" Union Central Life Insurance Com
pany, Cincinnati, O.:
ElGentlemen:-I hold policy No
232009 in your company, on which
there falls due the 18th day Of this
month the annual premium OF $671 40.
:" am not al present advised as to
whether | will be obliged to remit
to the principal office. Not knowing
that you have any agent in this city,
and suppcsing that if you have such
agent he has no claims upon it for
a percentage for the collection Of my
premium, | suggest that you send my
receipt to the First National Bank
of Madison, Wis, with a draft at
tached for the 671.4O, and instruc-
tions to deliver the receipt upon pay
ment Of the draft on or before the
due date Of the premium, and that Ia
such case you permit the bank to
take the usual agents commission for
the collection with permission to pay
the same to me. Ny policy came
from an agent entirely outside OF
my circle Of business acquaintances.
-.oar,>,, --~-s---le ..-Lx- .~-----L
be permitted to make the payment in
The manner suggested, but if there are
reason, of course you will write me
suggesting where to send the money.
every truly yours,
or. d. MARSHALL"
The above letter from Justice Mar
Shall was referred by the home office
Of the insurance company to State
Manager Albright of Wisconsin, who
in turn wrote to his superior officers
as follows:
Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. 6, 1906.
"E. P. Marshall, Secretary Union Cen
trail Life Insurance Company, Gin
cinnati:
"Dear Sir:-I am today in receipt
Of yours of the Sd, enclosing letter
from judge Of the supreme court Of
Wisconsin, Hon. R. D. Marshall, ask
ing that you grant him a rebate upon
his renewal premium. When a judge
Of the Supreme Court Of this state
max an appeal for a rebate and
does 1t direct to the home Office, is it
not time that there be some eleva-
tion in the moral conscience of the
people in high places before we can
hope for much change for the better
among the rank and file on the re-
bate question?
"This gives You an idea of some Of
the difficulties we are obliged to con-
tend with in this state.
Respectfully yours,
-. G. ALBRIGHT,
estate Manager"
Mr.. Albright also wrote to the JUS
tice informing him that rebating was
forbidden by law III Wisconsin. The
final answer Of Justice Marshall was
written to Mr.. Albright as follows:
Madison, Wis, Oct IA, 1902.
81. G. Albright:
Dear Si.-:-Here is the draft for
payment on my policy. / am not unac-
quainted with the law to which you
refer. On reflection you will probably
see that there is nothing in the law to
prevent your company from paying to
any bank any collection charges you
see fit. | do not take your letter very
seriously. 1t would not be out of place
for your company to establish al
agency outside Of Milwaukee,
"Yours,
ID n MAD Gil AIL u