Show insurance salesmen binl found not guilty of selling sellina Selli nl 41 Protect protection i on the decision of the jury in henry bakers justice of the peace court last week had the county attorney stumped joseph paxton of monroe and robert souter of provo were charged with selling insurance without a state license and in spite of what appeared on the surface to be a clear case they were found not guilty the jury decided they were not selling insurance it claimed that the men represented the guarantee benefit association on the policy was printing to the thel effect that the association was incorporated in colorado and had a division office at shreveport la also in the policy it stated that for a specified premi mum murn the beneficiary would be paid a minimum of 1000 on the proof of the death of the insured but the catch came in a clause that said payment would be conditioned on members paying so even though the men are supposed to have sold at least worth of insurance in the county they must have sold something else the jury decided cid edit it insurance on account of the condition in the policy it seems that the prosecutors will have to look up another law if they want a conviction |