Court Opinion

ID: 9766958
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 05:04:34.629006+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:27.447857
License: Public Domain

On Motions for Rehearing or to Transfer
PER CURIAM.
The only case cited in defendant’s motions for rehearing or to transfer is Zumwinkel v. Leggett, Mo., 345 S.W.2d 89. However, defendant’s counsel overlook the basic differentiating fact that, as is frequently true, the contract under consideration in Zum-winkel, supra, clearly indicated that the agent’s right to receive commissions on renewal premiums would cease upon termination of the agency, i. e., “ ‘ * * * the Company will allow * * * commissions on first premiums and on renewal premiums paid in cash to and accepted by the Company while the agent is authorized to solicit applications to the Company * * *.’ ” [345 S.W.2d loc. cit. 90] We were cognizant of Zumwinkel, supra, while our opinion in this case was in the course of preparation, but we did not then, and do not now; regard it as authority supporting instant defendant’s position. After careful reconsideration of the case in the light of defendant’s motions, we remain of the view that our opinion properly disposed of the appeal. Accordingly, defendant’s motions for rehearing or to transfer are overruled.