OLD COLONY INS. CO. v. FAGAN CHEVROLET CO.

No. 42519.

246 Miss. 725 (1963)

150 So.2d 172

OLD COLONY INSURANCE COMPANY v. FAGAN CHEVROLET COMPANY, INC.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 25, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome B. Steen, Satterfield, Shell, Williams & Buford, Jackson, for appellant.

George B. Grubbs, Mendenhall; Hugh McIntosh, Collins; Boyd, Holifield, Harper & Graves, Laurel, for appellee.


JONES, J.

This case is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Simpson County, Mississippi, where the appellee was awarded a verdict of $24,000. The main question involved is a construction of Sec. 5706, Miss. Code 1942, insofar as same fixes the authority of a local insurance agent.

The case arose in this way. Fagan Chevrolet Company is an automobile agency. Appellant, of course, is an insurance company, and Zeno L...

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