People Ex Rel. Barton v. American Automobile Insurance

This is an appeal by plaintiff from a judgment for defendants, entered upon plaintiff’s failure to amend after a general demurrer was sustained to plaintiff’s first amended petition in quo warranto.

Defendants were insurance companies authorized to do and doing business in the State of California. Included in the business of defendants was the writing of policies of insurance covering negligence of automobile drivers.

In the first amended petition in quo warranto, plaintiff alleged that defendants did cause to be published in various nationally distributed magazines, including “Life” and “The…