GENERAL INS. CO. v. HUGHES

No. A-3733.

255 S.W.2d 193 (1953)

GENERAL INS. CO. v. HUGHES et al.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe J. Newman, Groveton, Cantey, Hanger, Johnson, Scarborough & Gooch, Charles L. Stephens and Ira Butler, Fort Worth, for petitioner.

Faver & Barnes, Jasper, for respondents.


SMITH, Justice.

This is a suit for recovery of damages under a contract of public liability insurance issued by petitioner to respondent, Charles P. Hughes. It was instituted by J.R. Hughes to recover the amount of a judgment he held against petitioner's assured as a result of an automobile collision. Respondent, Charles P. Hughes, intervened in the trial court, seeking to recover attorney's fees and court costs incurred in connection with the prior damage suit. Petitioner...

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