Legal Opinion
Old Colony Insurance v. Fagan Chevrolet Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided February 25, 1963No. 42519PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJones, 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. Mangum, who was a co-defendant in the cause, was the local agent of appellant in Magee, Mississippi. On or about May 2, 1959, appellee purchased from appellant a garage liability policy, the…
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