HOUSTON FIRE & CASUALTY INS. CO. v. PRITCHARD & ABBOTT

No. A-5003.

283 S.W.2d 728 (1955)

HOUSTON FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. PRITCHARD & ABBOTT et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied November 30, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cantey, Hanger, Johnson, Scarborough & Gooch, Howard Barker, George B. Bridgman and Charles L. Stephens, Fort Worth, Black & Stayton, John W. Stayton, Austin, for petitioner.

Buck, Harris & Buck, Fort Worth, for respondents.


CALVERT, Justice.

Pritchard & Abbott, a partnership composed of E. S. Pritchard and J. L. Abbott, brought suit against Houston Fire and Casualty Insurance Company to recover the sum of $10,000.00 expended by plaintiff in settlement of a personal injury claim growing out of a collision in which one of plaintiffs' motor vehicles was involved. Houston Fire and Casualty denied liability on the ground that the policy of insurance made the basis of the suit was not...

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