Valdez v. Taylor Automobile Co.

VALLÉE, J.

Modesto Valdez, referred to as plaintiff, brought this action for damages for the alleged failure of defendant Taylor Automobile Company, referred to as defendant, to obtain public liability and property damage insurance on the sale by the latter of a used automobile to plaintiff. The complaint, in several counts, alleged: breach of an oral contract to procure insurance; negligent failure to procure insurance; fraud and deceit in promising to procure insurance; estoppel. The Danielsens were joined as parties plaintiffs on the theory they were third party beneficiaries of the…