stating the agent's lability "could not arise unless the agent had sufficiently definite directions from the principal to enable the agent to consummate the final insurance contract," and noting that there is a corresponding duty on the part of the insured to provide the agent with necessary information
How later courts described this case
- stating the agent's lability "could not arise unless the agent had sufficiently definite directions from the principal to enable the agent to consummate the final insurance contract," and noting that there is a corresponding duty on the part of the insured to provide the agent with necessary information
- recognizing that contracts to procure insurance may be “oral or written”
- policy defined "automobile" as a vehicle required to be registered
- coverage for accident occurring outside thirty day period barred due to failure to comply with notice requirement
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
GARRARD, P. J.,
concurs as to Meridian Mutual Insurance Company; and, concurs in result as to Harvey Clary.