Automobile Insurance Co., of Hartford v. Buie

Appellee, Buie, placed materi-

als on leased premises in Tarrant county, preparatory to drilling an oil well thereon. Desiring to insure these materials, or some of them, against loss by fire, he called upon one Rutledge, an insurance agent, through whom it had been his custom to procure insurance, and requested him to issue policies to cover those materials. Rutledge advised Buie that none pf the companies represented by him would issue such policy, but that he could get the desired insurance through other agents, to which Buie assented. In pursuance of this understanding Rutledge requested…