Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance v. McGibboney

George Rose Smith, Justice.

In a case decided in 1967 the appellee, Frank McGibboney, obtained a $1,350 judgment against Raymond Reed as damages arising from a traffic collision. Reed v. McGibboney, 243 Ark. 789, 422 S.W. 2d 115 (1967). Under our direct action statute, Ark. Stat. Ann. § 66-4001 (Repl. 1966), McGibboney brought this suit against Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company, which is alleged to have been Reed’s liability insurance carrier on the date of the collision, August 23, 1965.

Southern Farm denied liability on the ground that Reed’s policy expired on July 18, 1965, and…