Meyer v. Hardware Mutual Casualty Co.

PHILLIPS, Justice.

Appellant Meyer, the plaintiff in the court below is a dealer in used cars. He brought his suit on an insurance policy and, in the alternative, against Everett Gerald Jones for damages in connection with the wreck of an automobile that Jones had purchased from him. The insurance policy in question had been underwritten by Hardware Mutual Casualty Company, the appellee in this case. From a judgment adverse to both Meyer and Jones, both appealed to this Court.

Jones, apparently interested in acquiring a Ford Thunderbird from Meyer, entered into an agreement with him to purchase…