State Automobile Mut. Ins. Co. v. Bowie

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Bees

Affirming.

The appellee, James F. Bowie, brought this action against the State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company to recover on an oral contract of insurance for $700 on an automobile trailer and its contents destroyed by fire. The answer was a traverse, and upon the trial the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $500 and the defendant has appealed. It is argued that (1) the evidence offered by the plaintiff failed to establish the alleged oral contract of insurance sued on and therefore the trial court erred in overruling defendant’s motion for a…