Pharr v. Diegel

NORVELL, Justice.

Harold Pharr sued Charles Diegel for a sum of money equal to one-half of the agent’s commission due on a group insurance policy written for the Baldridge Bakery by Pan American Life Insurance Company. The trial court granted summary judgment because Pharr was not an authorized agent of Pan American Insurance Company. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed, 424 S.W.2d 49, relying upon Articles 21.02 and 21.07 of the Texas Insurance Code, Article 572, Vernon’s Ann. Penal Code, which are set out in its opinion, and the decisions of the Austin Court of Civil Appeals in Perkins v.…