HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY v. SWILLEY

No. 19321.

304 F.2d 213 (1962)

HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Dewey SWILLEY et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 22, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Mehaffy, Robt. Q. Keith, Keith, Mehaffy, McNicholas & Weber, Beaumont, Tex., for appellant.

Alto V. Watson, D. H. O'Fiel, Watson & Selman, Beaumont, Tex., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and HUTCHESON, and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

The question for decision is whether a policy of automobile liability insurance was properly cancelled when the insurer, in mailing the notice of cancellation to the insured, omitted the insured's county of residence from his otherwise complete mailing address.

Dewey Swilley and his sons, Ronald and Ricky, were driving through Bon Weir, Texas, December, 22, 1959, when the automobile in which they were driving was struck from behind by...

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