Beal v. Great American Indemnity Company

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

The appellant, A. W. Beal, as plaintiff in the court below, sued Great American Indemnity Company and W. L. Thaxton, as defendants, to recover the amount he was compelled to pay a third party as the result of an automobile collision and expenses incident thereto, upon allegations that the insurance company and Thaxton negligently failed to defend the action against him by the third party as required under the terms of an insurance policy issued by the appellee Great American Indemnity Company.

After all parties had rested, W. L. Thax-ton and the appellee Great American…